Every night，I watched for Miss Ellen's lights to go off. She lives next door and we are best friends，____I'm young and she's old. We both like dogs，cats and birds. Miss Ellen has another best friend，her ____，Imogene. Soon as her lights were off，I went into our kitchen and got a(n) ____ to say goodnight to Imogene.
“Imogene？” I kept my voice ____ because Imogene is old and I didn't want to ____ her.
Imogene looked at me ____ I put the egg under her. She seemed to ___ sitting on that egg. I guessed it must ____ her of good old times.
Every morning，I went to Miss Ellen's home to ____ her bread while she ate Imogene's egg.“ I should let you eat the egg too，but it's Imogene's ___ to me，”she said.
When Imogene stopped laying eggs last year，Miss Ellen became ____ and quiet. That was before I started ____ giving her one of Mom's every night.
One morning when I got to Miss Ellen's kitchen，something was ___.Miss Ellen seldom allowed Imogene in the house，but that day she was on the table. Miss Ellen was ____，holding two eggs in her hands.
“Can you ____ it？My Imogene laid this herself！It's not one of your mother's. Oh！Oh！”She ____and put her hand over her mouth.
I looked at her in ____.“You knew？”
“Yes. I'm sorry. To tell the truth，Imogene ____ that you come to visit her every day. She didn't want you to stop. So we decided to keep ____.”
It took a minute for me to ____.Then I figured it out. Both of them wanted me to come. I touched Imogene's head and smiled at Miss Ellen.
| 小题1: | | A．for | B．yet | C．though | D．because |
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| 小题3: | | A．egg | B．apple | C．cake | D．drink |
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| 小题4: | | A．firm | B．soft | C．loud | D．pleasant |
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| 小题5: | | A．lose | B．hurt | C．keep | D．frighten |
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| 小题7: | | A．like | B．consider | C．regret | D．mind |
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| 小题8: | | A．tell | B．remind | C．warn | D．convince |
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| 小题9: | | A．mix | B．cut | C．borrow | D．share |
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| 小题10: | | A．promise | B．choice | C．gift | D．job |
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| 小题11: | | A．sad | B．calm | C．boring | D．strange |
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| 小题12: | | A．slowly | B．secretly | C．mainly | D．simply |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．funny | C．wrong | D．different |
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| 小题14: | | A．busy | B．angry | C．excited | D．shocked |
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| 小题15: | | A．believe | B．feel | C．make | D．see |
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| 小题16: | | A．remembered | B．stopped | C．smiled | D．nodded |
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| 小题17: | | A．peace | B．disappointment | C．surprise | D．confidence |
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| 小题18: | | A．hopes | B．prefers | C．suggests | D．loves |
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| 小题19: | | A．quiet | B．happy | C．honest | D．friendly |
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| 小题20: | | A．start | B．understand | C．cry | D．notice |
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