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There was a farmer who lived on a farm with his wife in a small village. All they 1 was a truck and an old bull.
One day, the farmer woke up and 2 that the bull had died. He came to his wife and said, "I should take our 3 to the town and buy us a new bull. I know you need the truck to keep the farm 4. So when I get a bull, I'll send you telegraph so you can know when to pick me up."
The farmer 5 in town late that day and had to get a hotel room. The next morning he only had 401 dollars 6.
He went to the market and bought a 7, young bull for 400 dollars happily. When he arrived at the post office, he 8 to the telegraph operator, "I need to send a 9 to my wife so she can pick my bull and me up. How much is a word?"
"Prices went up a few years ago," 10 the operator. "A word is one dollar now."
"Oh," said the farmer in 11, "I can only send one word!" He thought for a while and then said, "OK, send my wife the word '12'."
"Comfortable? Are you sure?" asked the operator 13.
The farmer replied, "Sure! My wife only has a 4th-grade education. When she 14, she has to sound the word out syllable(音节) by syllable. 15 when she sees the word 'comfortable', she'll read it as 'come-for-ta-bull'. Then she can understand my meaning."
( )1. A. grew B. planted C. owned D. took
( )2. A. remembered B. found C. changed D. hoped
( )3. A. money B. clothes C. land D. housework
( )4. A. making B. raining C. lying D. running
( )5. A. got B. arrived C. reached D. threw
( )6. A. left B. prepared C. lost D. recorded
( )7. A. weak B. quiet C. strong D. sick
( )8. A. saying B. said C. says D. to say
( )9. A. letter B. gift C. magazine D. message
( )10. A. asked B. replied C. wrote D. sang
( )11. A. surprise B. danger C. silence D. fact
( )12. A. awful B. wonderful C. primary D. comfortable
( )13. A. perfectly B. usually C. amazingly D. possibly
( )14. A. looks B. watches C. sees D. reads
( )15. A. But B. So C. Or D. And