One very cold morning, my, father
and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the
____31____.
“About
an hour.”he answered.
“I
wish I could go hone now—my __32__ aches.”
“I
am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”said my father.
“But
my headache is getting __33__.”
“Well,” said he,“you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __34__
tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄,一种苦药).It will __35__ you a lot.”
I went back home. However,
I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __36__ the terrible
medicine. But it was too __37__.She understood my __38__ as well as my father.
So she prepared the rhubarb.
I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear
me! How bitter it was! I would rather __39__ all day in the field. But it
cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is
important to be __40__.
Friends, keep it, though there is
another and a better reason.
1.A.
field
B.
hospital
C. factory
2.A.
tooth
B.
head
C. stomach
3.A.
better
B.
worse
C. less
4. A.
but
B.
or
C. and
5.A.
hurt
B.
worry
C. help
6.A.
take
B.
buy
C. make
7. A.
early
B.
late
C. easy
8.A. joke
B.
duty
C. problem
9.A.
work
B.
play
C. study
10. A.
kind
B.
honest
C, helpful