阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。

　　One day, when he was out for a walk in the street, Mr．Basil suddenly saw a man 　　1　　 at a dog and kicking it fiercely．Mr．Basil, a 　　2　　 man was angry at the scene．“Poor dog, I should help it．” Mr．Basil went up to the man at once, and without saying a word, he seized the man's collar and began to 　　3　　 him with his stick．

　　Affected by Mr．Basil's action, the man 　　4　　 expected someone would interfere in his business like that．He staggered(摇晃)and 　　5　　 onto the ground．Almost 　　6　　 , seeing its master beaten by a stranger, the dog 　　7　　 to its feet, barked and began to run

　　after Mr．Basil．The dog 　　8　　 Mr．Basil as their enemy instead of thanking him for his 　　9　　 will．So frightened, Mr．Basil ran away as fast as he could without looking back．

　　Now what do you think of Mr．Basil's 　　10　　 and did it serve him right? Mr．Basil may learn a 　　11　　 from this and will never do such a foolish thing again．So remember not to have a finger in the pie 　　12　　 you will have your finger in the fire．

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　　Mr Baker lived in a small town．Nobody was 　　1　　 than him there, but he wished to get 　　2　　 money all the time．One day, on his way home, he found there was a 　　3　　 on the ground．He picked it up and put it into his pocket．That evening after he had supper, he brought it out and began to 　　4　　 it in the room．He was interested in a piece of news on it．Some gold 　　5　　 in a desert(沙漠)．He was afraid someone would know about it and he started off, 　　6　　 telling anybody about it．He tried to find the place 　　7　　 gold was．

　　The greedy(贪婪的)man walked on the desert for two weeks, but he didn't find any gold and his food and water was 　　8　　．His horse was so weak that he couldn't 　　9　　 it．He had to go back to his hometown, but it was too 　　10　　．His horse at last died and he was too hungry and thirsty to go any 　　11　　．He looked around, there was nothing 　　12　　 sand．Suddenly he saw a man 　　13　　 on the ground far away．He crawled(爬)to him and found he was dead, with a bag in his hand．He hurried to open the bag to find something to 　　14　　, but it was full of gold．He threw it away．As he was dying, he cried and said, “Now, a bag of bread is far more 　　15　　 than a bag of gold．How unhappy I am!”

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Tom finished school last year．He went to a big city to 　　1　　 a job．He went from one company(公司)to another but 　　2　　 wanted him．He had to go back to his small town．When he came to the train station, he felt 　　3　　 and tired．It was late at night, and the 　　4　　 was full of people．Many were waiting to 　　5　　 train tickets．When he bought the last ticket, he saw a woman 　　6　　 a crying baby．He gave them his ticket．He thought they needed it more than he did．After 　　7　　 left, he sat on the bench(长椅)and didn’t know 　　8　　 to go．Just then, an old man came to him, “Young man, I 　　9　　 what you did for the woman．I need your help．I have a company and I need a good young man like 　　10　　．Would you like to come to my company?”

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