1 . Jim and his sister May walked in the street, and then they noticed a pet store. It was a very small pet store that didn’t have many ________. The owner of the shop, Mr. Smith, greeted Jim and May when they ________. May said, "We would like to buy a dog." "Ah, well, our shop is not very ________," Mr. Smith told her. "So we only have two dogs to choose ________."
They asked Mr. Smith to ________ them the dogs. Mr. Smith took them to see the two dogs. One was a big Bulldog named Buster. The other was a tiny Chihuahua named Teacup. May wanted Teacup, ________ Jim wanted Buster. They walked outside to ________. They couldn’t agree on a dog. May ________ they race home for it. The one who ________ the race could choose the dog.
Jim agreed, and then told May her shoelace(鞋带) was loose. When May __________, he ran off to get a head start. Jim ran as __________ as he could because he really wanted that Bulldog. When he looked back, he found May was so __________ behind that he couldn’t even see her. Jim finally got home. He was _______ but happy. He knew he was the __________. May arrived a few minutes later. She congratulated him and they __________ the pet store together. However, when they arrived they _____ saw Teacup. They asked Mr. Smith where Buster was.
Mr. Smith gave them a(n) __________ that a few minutes after May and Jim left, two boys walked in and bought Buster.
Jim looked at May, and she couldn’t help ________. Jim __________ and turned back to Mr. Smith. "Sometimes you win the __________, but not the prize!" Jim smiled sadly. "We'll take the Chihuahua, please."
1. A.dollar | B.goods | C.animals | D.foods |
2. A.smiled | B.talked | C.shouted | D.entered |
3. A.famous | B.bad | C.lovely | D.big |
4. 5. A.lend | B.find | C.return | D.show |
6. 7. A.quarrel | B.share | C.discuss | D.fight |
8. A.said | B.thought | C.suggested | D.asked |
9. A.failed | B.succeeded | C.won | D.lost |
10. A.looked up | B.looked down | C.set off | D.sat down |
11. A.strangely | B.hard | C.harder | D.happily |
12. 13. A.excited | B.tired | C.surprised | D.disappointed |
14. A.ruler | B.brother | C.loser | D.winner |
15. A.watched over | B.looked for | C.returned to | D.broke into |
16. A.only | B.gradually | C.hardly | D.never |
17. A.lie | B.explanation | C.suggestion | D.idea |
18. A.crying | B.shouting | C.tearing | D.smiling |
19. A.guessed | B.watched | C.sighed | D.laughed |
20. A.word | B.world | C.praise | D.race |