【推荐2】阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
“Where’s father going with the axe (斧子)?” Fern said to her mother.
“Out to the hog house (猪圈)” replied Mrs. Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.” “But I don’t know
________ he needs an axe,” continued Fern. She was only eight.
“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is very small, thin and weak, and it will ________ grow up. So your father has to do away with it.”
“Do away with it?” ________ Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?” “Don’t cry, Fern!” Mrs. Arable said. “The pig would probably ________ anyway.” Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors.
“Please don’t do it!” she said with eyes full of tears (眼泪), “it’s not its ________ to be so weak.” “Fern,”Mr. Arable said gently, “you will have to learn to control (控制) yourself,” “This is a matter of life and death, and you ________ controlling myself,” cried Fern. Tears ran down her face and she took hold of the axe and tried to pull it out of her ________ hand.
“Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about ________ than you do. A thin and weak pig makes trouble.”
“But it’s not right,” cried Fern. “If I had been very weak at birth, would you have killed ________?” Mr. Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with ________ “But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little weak pig is another.”
“I see no difference,” replied Fern, still holding on to the axe. “This is the most terrible thing I have ever heard of.” A ________ look came over Mr. Arable’s face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself.
“He’s ________ now,” said Mr. Arable. “Take good care of him. And may the good Lord forgive (原谅) me for this ________.”
Fern couldn’t take her eyes off the tiny pig. “Oh,” she whispered. “Look at him! He’s absolutely perfect.” She put him in a carton.
After back home, Fern ________ the lid (盖子) of the carton carefully, ________, and held him against her cheek (脸颊). Mother and father looked at her, smiling.
1. 2. | A．always | B．often | C．sometimes | D．never |
3. | A．asked | B．whispered | C．cried | D．laughed |
4. 5. | A．chance | B．reason | C．trouble | D．mistake |
6. | A．hear about | B．talk about | C．care about | D．know about |
7. | A．father’s | B．mother’s | C．brother’s | D．sister’s |
8. | A．building houses | B．using axes | C．raising pigs | D．making money |
9. 10. | A．anger | B．love | C．sadness | D．excitement |
11. | A．funny | B．worried | C．strange | D．happy |
12. | A．yours | B．mine | C．his | D．theirs |
13. | A．kindness | B．foolishness | C．carelessness | D．cleverness |
14. | A．searched | B．opened | C．closed | D．cleaned |
15. | A．brought him back | B．put him down | C．took him away | D．lifted him out |
