One day a stranger came to the nearest village and asked where he could find wild pigs. Somebody told him, and he went off. He had no 36 with him, and the village people  37 what he was going to 38 with the pigs.
When he came back a few months later and said that he had 39 all the pigs, the villagers were still more surprised, but some of them agreed to go with him 40 he asked for help in bringing the pigs out. They wanted to see whether he was telling 41 .
They soon discovered 42 he was. All the pigs were inside the enclosure(围栏) which had a fence round it and a 43 in one of its sides.
“44 did you do it?” they asked the stranger.
“ well, it was quite easy really,” he answered. “ I began by 45 some Indian corn. 46, they would not touch it, but after a few weeks, some of the younger pigs 47 to run out of the bushes, take some of the corn quickly, and then run back. Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I 48 out there. Then I began to build a fence round the corn. At first it was very 49, but little by little I built it higher and higher without 50 the pigs away. When I saw that they were 51 me to bring the corn each day 52 going and searching for their own food  53 they had done in the past, I can 54 one day while they were all eating inside the enclosure. I can catch any animal in the world in the same way if I can get it into the habit of 55 me for its food.

One day a stranger came to the nearest village and asked where he could find wild pigs. Somebody told him, and he went off. He had no 36 with him, and the village people  37 what he was going to 38 with the pigs.

When he came back a few months later and said that he had 39 all the pigs, the villagers were still more surprised, but some of them agreed to go with him 40 he asked for help in bringing the pigs out. They wanted to see whether he was telling 41 .

They soon discovered 42 he was. All the pigs were inside the enclosure(围栏) which had a fence round it and a 43 in one of its sides.

“44 did you do it?” they asked the stranger.

“ well, it was quite easy really,” he answered. “ I began by 45 some Indian corn. 46, they would not touch it, but after a few weeks, some of the younger pigs 47 to run out of the bushes, take some of the corn quickly, and then run back. Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I 48 out there. Then I began to build a fence round the corn. At first it was very 49, but little by little I built it higher and higher without 50 the pigs away. When I saw that they were 51 me to bring the corn each day 52 going and searching for their own food  53 they had done in the past, I can 54 one day while they were all eating inside the enclosure. I can catch any animal in the world in the same way if I can get it into the habit of 55 me for its food.

One day a stranger came to the nearest village and asked where he could find wild pigs. Somebody told him, and he went off. He had no 36 with him, and the village people  37 what he was going to 38 with the pigs.

When he came back a few months later and said that he had 39 all the pigs, the villagers were still more surprised, but some of them agreed to go with him 40 he asked for help in bringing the pigs out. They wanted to see whether he was telling 41 .

They soon discovered 42 he was. All the pigs were inside the enclosure(围栏) which had a fence round it and a 43 in one of its sides.

“44 did you do it?” they asked the stranger.

“ well, it was quite easy really,” he answered. “ I began by 45 some Indian corn. 46, they would not touch it, but after a few weeks, some of the younger pigs 47 to run out of the bushes, take some of the corn quickly, and then run back. Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I 48 out there. Then I began to build a fence round the corn. At first it was very 49, but little by little I built it higher and higher without 50 the pigs away. When I saw that they were 51 me to bring the corn each day 52 going and searching for their own food  53 they had done in the past, I can 54 one day while they were all eating inside the enclosure. I can catch any animal in the world in the same way if I can get it into the habit of 55 me for its food.

A town mouse and a country mouse were friends. The country mouse one day  36     his friend to come to visit. He wanted his friend to come and see him at his house in the    37   . The town mouse came and they sat down to a    38     of roots and corn. The country mouse    39    the food and he asked his friend to eat more. But his friend didn’t think the food was    40   .

After   41   for a while, the town mouse finally said, “My    42    friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see    43    I live! There is plenty of nice food in my room. You must come and    44    with me. I’m sure you will enjoy your    45     there.” The country mouse wanted to eat better food, so he    46  .

When the town mouse    47   town, he took the country mouse with him. He showed the visitor into his room which had a lot of nice food. The country mouse had    48     seen anything like that and sat down to enjoy the food his friend    49  . But right before they had    50   , the door opened and someone came in. The two mice    51    and hid themselves in a narrow hole. After a while, when it was    52    again, they came out. But someone else came in, and they hid again. This was too much for the    53   . “Goodbye，” said the country mouse, “I’m leaving. You have a lot of nice food to eat, I can see, but there is so much    54    round you. Though I can only enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn, I can live    55    in my hole.

36. A. helped            B. taught          C. invited          D. refused

37. A. house            B. city                 C. water                D. fields

38. A. window             B. dinner               C. picture                     D. party

39. A. changed                     B. wanted              C. liked                 D. hid

40. A. nice                   B. different            C. enough              D. close

41. A. walking               B. eating                C. standing            D. working

42. A. honest                B. strong               C. sad                   D. poor

43. A. if                        B. when                C. how                  D. why

44. A. hide                    B. stay                  C. run                   D. fight

45. A. plan                    B. owner               C. water                D. time

46. A. agreed                B. cried                 C. disappeared              D. lied

47. A. turned   into         B. returned to        C. cared for        D. looked for

48. A. sometimes           B. often                 C. never                D. always

49. A. cooked               B. hated                 C. planted              D. provided

50. A. slept                   B. begun                C. left                   D. separated

51. A. escaped                     B. laughed             C. hugged              D. looked

52. A. dark                   B. bright                C. quiet                 D. strange

53. A. host                    B. customer           C. dancer                     D. visitor

54. A. danger                B. wealth               C. sight                 D. food

55. A. sadly             B. safely                C. alone                 D. unusually