题目内容
Sarah lived on a farm with her family. She was _______ to learn to track, to identify each person and where they were going by the marks they left on the ground. And if her father couldn’t teach her, she’d teach herself.
To the _________ of her family, she borrowed all their _________ and taught herself to recognize everyone’s footprints in the sand. More than once her father came outside shouting, “Sarah, bring me _________ my boots. ”
Sarah developed the habit of walking around with her eyes fixed on the ground, _________ the comings and goings of every _________in the place.
She also developed the annoying habit of _________ everyone. What were you doing down at the dam, Jack? You’re not ___________ to play there. ” “Did you find what you were _________ in the garage, Auntie?” and “Who was the stranger visiting today wearing size ten boots, Mum?”
After she’d ____________ every pair of shoes that everyone __________, she turned to the farm’s animals. By this time __________ her victims had to admit, __________, that she was good.
Her best ____________ came one evening when she said the horse’s front foot was __________. Her father said that the horse was __________ fine. Sarah ______________ that its hoof (蹄)had a split. Sarah’s father __________ the horse’s hoof.
“You’re ______________. The hoof is split. How did you know?”
“You can see it in its ____________. ’’ Sarah moved the horse away. “Look, it’s plain in the sand. ’’
“If you can tell it has a split hoof from that sand, you’re pretty good,” said her father.
1.A. determined B. forced C. appointed D. encouraged
2.A. expectation B. annoyance C. disappointment D. delight
3.A. shoes B. books C. socks D. tools
4.A. up B. outside C. over D. back
5.A. guiding B. hearing C. studying D. predicting
6.A. vehicle B. person C. animal D. season
7.A. surprising B. criticising C. questioning D. challenging
8.A. prepared B. invited C. qualified D. allowed
9.A. calling for B. looking for C. waiting for D. fighting for
10.A. worn B. collected C. destroyed D. memorised
11.A. owned B. borrowed C. tried D. bought
12.A. yet B. even C. also D. still
13.A. guiltily B. approvingly C. merrily D. unwillingly
14.A. performance B. trick C. magic D. idea
15.A. tied B. lost C. injured D. stolen
16.A. safely B. extremely C. hardly D. perfectly
17.A. doubted B. wondered C. insisted D. discovered
18.A. inspected B. split C. treated D. fastened
19.A. lying B. joking C. right D. crazy
20.A. boots B. tracks C. jumps D. hoofs