阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　Once there was a 　1　man. He worked for a landlord (地主). The landlord 　2　the man work all day long, 　3 　paid (付钱) him very little money and didn't 　4 　him enough (足够的) food to eat.

　One day 　5 　the man was having the breakfast, the landlord came and said to him , “It's too much trouble (麻烦) to go to work and come back 　6 　supper. 　7　I want you to have breakfast and lunch and supper now, 　8 　you go to the fields (田地).”

　“How 　9 　I eat three meals at the same time?”the man thougt. But he said, “All right.” He 　10 　his breakfast and went out.

　Two hours 　11 　the landlord went out 　12 　a walk. Now what did he see? He saw that the man was sitting under a tree and smoking (吸烟). The landlord was very angry.“ 　13 　aren't you working in the fields?”he asked. The man said 　14 　a smile, “I've had my supper and you know very well that after supper it's time to 　15 　.”

　　I thought for a while and __9__,“This dog is __10__ than a postman!”

　　Mrs. Brown had a small (1) behind her house, and in the (2) she planted（种植）some vegetables in it. She looked after them very (3) , and when the summer came, they looked very nice.

　　One evening, Mrs. Brown (4) at her vegetables and said,“Tomorrow I 5 them, and then we can eat them.”

　　But (6) the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted,“Mother, Mother! Come quickly! Our neighbour's（邻居的）ducks are in the garden and they 7 our vegetables !”

　　Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbour (9) Mrs. Brown a parcel（包裹）. In it was a beautiful fat duck, and on it was a piece of paper (10) the words,“Enjoy your vegetables !”

A man and his wife had a dog to keep their house．When they went out，they always left the dog inside the house．

One evening they wanted ___1___ to the cinema，___2___ they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their ___3___．They ___4___ their car．When the film finished，they came back home．They opened the gate and put the car ___5___．But when they came to the front door，they found that part of the glass ___6___ the door was broken．The door was unlocked and ___7___．A robber! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see ___8___ things the robber had taken．But everything was in the ___9___ place and nothing at all ___10___．

The dog ___11___ in the sitting room on the floor．The lady was ___12___  the dog．“Why didn't you keep the house?” she said．The dog was ___13___ to see its owners．It began to wag its tail（摇尾巴）and then it went to a corner of the room and picked up something in its mouth．It went to the lady and ___14___ the thing at her feet．When the lady went to pick it up，she gave a scream（尖叫）．Can you guess what the dog's present was?

It was…a…man's ___15___!

1．A．go                    B．to go                 C．going               D．gone

2．A．so                   B．but                  C．then               D．because

3．A．garden's gate            B．gardens' gate          C．gardens gate         D．garden gate

4．A．got off                B．got on                C．got into             D．went on

5．A．up                   B．down                C．away              D．into

6．A．at                    B．with                 C．on                  D．to

7．A．half-open                B．half-opens              C．half-opened           D．half-opening

8．A．the                   B．all                   C．that                 D．what

9．A．right                  B．left                  C．wrong              D．just

10．A．to miss              B．to be missing           C．was missed         D．was missing

11．A．was slept             B．felt asleep             C．was sleeping         D．fell sleeping

12．A．afraid of             B．angry with             C．worried about        D．surprised at

13．A．sad                B．pleased               C．quick             D．clever

14．A．pulled                B．threw                C．dropped             D．took

15．A．finger               B．fingers               C．heart               D．teeth