When I began teaching in a university, I was invited to a workshop for new professors. I had ____ a long time learning what to teach, but not learning how to ____ it. Somehow, my university seemed to hope a weekend spent with experienced professors would ____ for that. My colleagues presented wellcrafted lectures about the tools they used. I enjoyed their ___， but do not remember a thing they said.
At a coffee break during the lectures, finding myself ____， I turned to a mathematics professor standing nearby. I asked him what his favorite teaching ____ was. “A cup of coffee，” he said, “I talk too much and too fast in the classroom. Students sometimes have trouble ____ me. So when I"ve said____ that I want my students to think about, I would____ and take a sip of coffee. It lets what I"ve just said sink in.”
When we were called to the next talk, he put down his cup and I ____ there was not a trace of coffee in it. “My doctor ____ me to stop drinking coffee，” he explained. “So I have always used a(n)____ cup.” I decided to try his ____ in my class.
I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class. It helped. My pauses, as I ____ the coffee, not only gave my students ____ to think about what I had said, but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next. I began to use my ____ to look around the room to see how my students were reacting to what I had just said. When I saw their ____ wander, I tried to bring them back. When I saw them puzzled over some concept that I thought I had ____， I gave another example. My ____ became less organized and less brilliant, but my students seemed to ____ me better.
| 小题1: | | A．wasted | B．cost | C．killed | D．spent |
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| 小题2: | | A．manage | B．copy | C．teach | D．consider |
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| 小题3: | | A．put up | B．build up | C．take up | D．make up |
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| 小题4: | | A．experiences | B．plans | C．presentations | D．designs |
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| 小题5: | | A．alone | B．absent | C．lonely | D．awkward |
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| 小题6: | | A．method | B．material | C．tool | D．skill |
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| 小题7: | | A．following | B．grasping | C．seizing | D．imitating |
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| 小题8: | | A．everything | B．something | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题9: | | A．pretend | B．stop | C．prevent | D．delay |
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| 小题10: | | A．observed | B．noticed | C．glared | D．proved |
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| 小题11: | | A．suggested | B．protected | C．allowed | D．advised |
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| 小题12: | | A．empty | B．clear | C．large | D．false |
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| 小题13: | | A．discovery | B．invention | C．magic | D．idea |
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| 小题14: | | A．dropped | B．made | C．drank | D．changed |
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| 小题15: | | A．space | B．time | C．room | D．schedule |
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| 小题16: | | A．chances | B．pauses | C．situations | D．conditions |
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| 小题17: | | A．attention | B．focus | C．energy | D．devotion |
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| 小题18: | | A．translated | B．expected | C．explained | D．solved |
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| 小题19: | | A．speeches | B．memories | C．documents | D．lectures |
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| 小题20: | | A．realize | B．understand | C．admit | D．admire |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:D
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试题分析：文章是一篇记叙文。作者踏上大学的讲台前向老教授学习教学方法，其中一位数学教授的教具是一杯咖啡，这给作者留下了深刻的印象，在以后的教学生涯中，一杯咖啡回味无穷。
小题1:考查动词：A．wasted浪费，B．cost花费，C．killed***死，D．spent度过，花费，我已经花费了很长时间学习教什么。cost的主语是物，故排除，使用spend time （in）doing,选D
小题2:考查动词：A．manage管理，B．copy复制，C．teach教学D．consider考虑，根据learning what to teach，可知此处是说没有学怎样教(teach)。选C
小题3:考查动词短语：A．put up搭建，B．build up建立，增强，C．take up从事，D．make up ，补偿。根据前文所述可知，此处是说学校想利用一个周末来弥补(从有经验的教授身上学习怎么教)。 D
小题4:考查名词：A．experiences经验，B．plans计划，C．presentations呈现，教具，D．designs设计，同事们介绍了他们精心准备的教具，我很欣赏他们的介绍，但一样教具也没记住。前一句中的presented有暗示。选C
小题5:考查形容词：A．alone孤单，一个人，B．absent缺席的，C．lonely 孤独的D．awkward棘手的，笨拙的，不灵活的，分析语境可知，在休息期间我发现自己孤单一人，然后就和一位数学教授聊起天儿来。alone强调一个人而未必孤独；lonely强调孤独、寂寞。选A
小题6:考查名词：A．method方法，B．material材料，C．tool工具，D．skill技能，根据第一段中My colleagues presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used.以及后文中回答的a cup of coffee可知答案为C
小题7:考查动词：A．following跟随，B．grasping抓住，C．seizing抓住，D．imitating模仿，根据I talk too much and too fast in the classroom.可知，由于讲得快、讲得多，有些学生可能跟不上(following)。选A
小题8:考查不定代词：A．everything一切，B．something某些事情，C．nothing什么都没有， D．anything任何东西，当我说到某些(something)想让学生思考的东西时。 答案：选B
小题9:考查动词：A．pretend假装，B．stop停止，C．prevent阻止，D．delay拖延，根据后文take a sip of coffee以及最后一段可知是要停下来喝一口咖啡。 答案选B
小题10:考查动词：A．observed观察，B．noticed 注意到，C．glared怒目而视，D．proved证明，我看到他的杯子里并没有咖啡。notice指无意中注意到，符合语意。选B
小题11:考查动词：A．suggested建议，B．protected保护，C．allowed允许， D．advised建议，医生建议我停止喝咖啡。并没有suggest sb.to do sth.这种结构。 答案选D
小题12:考查形容词：A．empty空的，B．clear清楚的，C．large大的，D．false错误的，医生建议他别再喝咖啡了，故这位数学教授只能拿着一个空(empty)杯子去上课。 答案选A
小题13:考查名词：A．discovery发现，B．invention发明，C．magic魔法，D．idea主意，想法，根据最后一段内容可知作者也想效仿一下这位数学教授的想法。选D
小题14:考查动词：A．dropped掉落，B．made制作，C．drank 喝，D．changed改变，根据I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class.可知，此处是说作者也在上课的时候喝(drank)咖啡。 答案选C
小题15:考查名词：A．space空间，B．time时间，C．room房间，D．schedule时刻表，根据后文but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next可知作者喝咖啡的时候不仅给了学生思考的时间，也给自己思考接下来说什么留足了时间。 答案选B
小题16:考查名词：A．chances机会，B．pauses停顿，C．situations形势，D．conditions条件，根据My pauses，as I drank the coffee可知作者利用暂停的空档看学生的反应。pause中止，暂停。 答案选B
小题17:考查名词：A．attention注意，B．focus焦点，C．energy能源，D．devotion奉献，根据I tried to bring them back.可知此处应表示“当我看见他们的注意力(attention)不集中时”。 答案选A
小题18:考查动词：A．translated翻译，B．expected期待，C．explained解释，D．solved解决，根据后文I gave another example.可知，此处应表示“当我看见他们对我刚才解释的(explained)某个概念仍迷惑不解时”。 答案选C
小题19:考查名词：A．speeches演讲，B．memories记忆，C．documents文件，D．lectures讲座，根据全文可知作者是在大学授课，故应选lecture讲座。 答案选D
小题20:考查动词：A．realize意识到，B．understand理解，C．admit承认，D．admire敬佩，尽管我的课不再那么紧凑、精彩，但我的学生理解得(understand)更好了。 答案选B |
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When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage（孤儿院）and taught us how to do woodworking projects.
I remember my first project—a small table. I was so of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always with us.
As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.
When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand it, she noticed that it was still wet.
“Were you to bring this home?” she asked.
“No, ma’am,” I with my head down.
She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.
I hid the table in my closet and never it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent（宿管员）, thinking that she would it away.
Thirty years later at a reunion, I that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her to get something important. I followed her into a dark corner. She picked something up. she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.
Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.
Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to .
| 小题1: | | A．tired | B．ashamed | C．proud | D．aware |
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| 小题2: | | A．award | B．wonder | C．record | D．product |
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| 小题3: | | A．design | B．invent | C．paint | D．complete |
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| 小题4: | | A．gift | B．reward | C．prize | D．souvenir |
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| 小题5: | | A．satisfied | B．strict | C．patient | D．angry |
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| 小题6: | | A．upset | B．amazed | C．confident | D．excited |
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| 小题7: | | A．thief | B．hero | C．sword | D．flash |
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| 小题8: | | A．drying | B．observing | C．admiring | D．hiding |
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| 小题9: | | A．into | B．across | C．above | D．after |
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| 小题10: | | A．supposed | B．embarrassed | C．encouraged | D．determined |
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| 小题11: | | A．agreed | B．sighed | C．whispered | D．argued |
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| 小题12: | | A．dirt | B．glue | C．paint | D．wood |
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| 小题13: | | A．removed | B．touched | C．shook | D．split |
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| 小题15: | | A．learned | B．expected | C．remembered | D．recommended |
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| 小题16: | | A．bathroom | B．balcony | C．basement | D．bedroom |
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| 小题17: | | A．curiously | B．unwillingly | C．doubtfully | D．worriedly |
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| 小题18: | | A．Before | B．Since | C．As | D．Until |
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| 小题19: | | A．admiration | B．gratitude | C．sympathy | D．regret |
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| 小题20: | | A．adapt | B．study | C．perform | D．please |
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When the swim season began, my 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and I cut a deal. She would go to practice three times a week and try really hard, and I wouldn’t make her compete in the swim meets because on the day of a meet, she would be nervous all day. Her nerves rooted from the possibility that she would do something horribly wrong and let everyone down.
Recently, they had a T-shirt relay, which works like this: one person from each relay team puts on a T-shirt and a pair of socks, swims 50 meters, and gets out of the pool. She takes off the clothes and puts them on the next person, who then swims 50 meters. This continues until everyone on the team has completed a lap.
By the last leg, Elizabeth’s team had built up a moderate lead. Then it was Elizabeth’s turn to swim. She seemed to swim faster in the T-shirt and socks than when she wasn’t wearing them.
Approaching the halfway mark, she was still in the lead. Then one of Elizabeth’s socks fell off and was floating in the pool. “She has to get that sock on before the end of the race,” a swimming official told her team, “or you will be disqualified.”
Everybody on her team started screaming, “Elizabeth! Elizabeth! Stop! Get the sock!” But she couldn’t hear them. As she started her last 25 meters, a girl in Lane 2 was gaining on Elizabeth. It was time for desperate measures. A girl on my daughter’s team jumped in the pool, grabbed the sock, and swam after Elizabeth. She grabbed Elizabeth’s foot. “You have to put the sock on,” the girl screamed. Elizabeth continued swimming while her teammate put on the sock.
By now, the girl in Lane 2 was about to pass Elizabeth. With the sock finally on, Elizabeth swam her heart out for the last 15 meters. It was close, but Elizabeth beat the other girl to the wall for the victory.
On the ride home, she relived her moment of glory again and again. She told me that if the T-shirt relay was an Olympic event, her team would win the gold medal. I told her that in my professional opinion, she was absolutely right.
小题1:Elizabeth was nervous about swim meets because she _______.| A．was afraid of disappointing everyone | | B．didn’t expect to lose the swim match | | C．didn’t want to compete against other girls | | D．was worried about making errors in public |
小题2: From the passage, we know that _______.| A．socks contributed greatly to Elizabeth’s victory | | B．the match nearly drove Elizabeth desperate | | C．good luck finally fell on Elizabeth’s team | | D．Elizabeth’s team narrowly won the match |
小题3: It can be inferred that Elizabeth would _______.| A．swim faster in the T-shirt | | B．enjoy swim meets later on | | C．experience the moment again | | D．take part in an Olympic event |
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My father was Chief engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War II. The book
Night of the U-boats told the story.
Memories
In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him sail.
Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo(鱼雷).
I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报),which in those days always brought bad news. My grand- mother opened it. It read, “Safe, Love Ted.”
My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee, his arm in a bandage.
He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.
Ten years later I read Night of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.
Torpedo
One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.
By the time he got on deck (甲板) he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck firm. When he tried to cut it free it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.
Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.
In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest（以免）we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.
小题1:We can infer(推断) that the mother and children went to Swansea ________.| A．to meet a friend | | B．to see the father off | | C．to take a family photo | | D．to enjoy the sailing of the ship |
小题2:What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?| A．he was still alive. | | B．His knee was broken. | | C．His ship had been sunk. | | D．He had arrived in Glasgow. |
小题3:What can we know about the author’s father after his ship was attacked?| A．He lost his arm | | B．He repaired the engines. | | C．He managed to take a lifeboat. | | D．He was the last to leave the ship. |
小题4:What is the passage mainly about?| A．A group of forgotten heroes | | B．A book describing a terrifying battle. | | C．A ship engineer’s wartime experience. | | D．A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue. |
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The story goes that some time ago, a man had a very lovely little daughter. One day the man ____ his 3-year-old daughter for ____ a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became ____ when the child tried to decorate a ____ to put under the Christmas tree. ____, the little girl brought the gift to her ____ the next morning and said, “ This is for you , Daddy.”
The man was ____ by his earlier ____, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was ____. He yelled at her, stating, “Don’t you know when you give someone a present, there is ____ to be something inside?” The little girl looked ____ at him with tears in her eyes and cried, “ Oh, Daddy, it is not empty ____. I blew kisses into the box. They are all for you, Daddy.”
The father was crushed. He ____ his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her ____. Only a short time later, an ____ took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many ____ and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an ____ kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each one of us, as human beings, has been given a gold container ____ unconditional love and kisses… from our children, family members, friends and God. There is simply no other ___, anyone could hold, more ____ than this.
| 小题1: | | A．asked | B．praised | C．begged | D．punished |
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| 小题2: | | A．wasting | B．stealing | C．selling | D．holding |
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| 小题3: | | A．glad | B．angry | C．sad | D．upset |
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| 小题5: | | A．Nevertheless | B．But | C．Therefore | D．And |
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| 小题6: | | A．father | B．mother | C．teacher | D．sister |
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| 小题7: | | A．puzzled | B．surprised | C．scared | D．embarrassed |
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| 小题8: | | A．overwork | B．overreaction | C．event | D．overpass |
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| 小题9: | | A．empty | B．heavy | C．full | D．wet |
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| 小题10: | | A．happened | B．seemed | C．supposed | D．used |
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| 小题11: | | A．down | B．back | C．up | D．forward |
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| 小题12: | | A．at all | B．after all | C．above all | D．in all |
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| 小题13: | | A．put | B．turned | C．handed | D．gave |
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| 小题14: | | A．kindness | B．forgiveness | C．sadness | D．carelessness |
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| 小题15: | | A．event | B．incident | C．accident | D．action |
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| 小题16: | | A．days | B．months | C．nights | D．years |
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| 小题17: | | A．imaginary | B．kind | C．gentle | D．warm |
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| 小题18: | | A．filled with | B．pleased with | C．crowded with | D．equipped with |
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| 小题19: | | A．world | B．feeling | C．possession | D．love |
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| 小题20: | | A．expensive | B．precious | C．comfortable | D．interesting |
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A traveler lost his way and got off the highway to see where he was. As he drove by, he saw rows and rows of pigpens and pigs running in fields. Suddenly, his eyes caught something really strange. It looked like a pig with a wooden leg.
He drove up into the arm, where he met the farmer. “ Excuse me, ” the traveler said. “ I was just driving by and looking at all your pigs, and I just had to stop and ask about it. Tell me, is there really a pig out there with a wooden leg?” The farmer smiled. “ Oh, that would be old Caesar you saw. He’s the finest pig I’ve ever had ---and smart! Well, let me tell you a little about that pig.”
“ One night a couple of years ago I got to drinking and I guess I had more than I should have. I fell down and knocked over a lamp. That started a fire in the house and old Caesar smelled the smoke. He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out. There is no question about it ---- that night old Caesar saved all our lives. You know that I’m not going to forget it too easily.”
“ Why,” the traveler said, “ this is amazing! I have never heard of a pig like this before! This is fantastic! But tell me, how did he get that wooden leg?”
The farmer laughed and said, “ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”
小题1:The farmer thought the pig _______.| A．very fat | B．very clever | C．very kind | D．very strange |
小题2:The passage indicates that _______.| A．the pig lost a leg in the fire | | B．the farmer deeply thanked the pig | | C．the pig had a very good keeper | | D．the real leg had been eaten by the farmer |
小题3:The author wants to _______.| A．report a piece of news | | B．tell us a moving story | | C．tell us a humorous story | | D．have a joke with us |
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