Two sons worked for their father on the family farm. For some years, the
16 brother had been given more
17 to do than the older one. The older brother couldn’t
18 why, so one day he asked his father the
19 why he always trusted (信任) his younger brother to do more work.
The father said, "Go to the Kelly’s
20 nearby and see if they have any
21 to sell."
The older brother soon
22 with the answer, "Yes, they have five ducks they can
23 to us."
That father then said, "Good, now please ask them the
24 for the ducks."
The son returned, "The ducks are ￡10 each."
The father asked, "
25 can they deliver (交付) the ducks?"
The son returned, "They can deliver the ducks tomorrow."
The father asked the older brother to
26 and watch. He then said to the younger brother, "Go to the Davidson’s Farm and see if they have any ducks for sale."
The younger brother soon returned with the
27 , "Yes, they have
28 ducks for ￡10 each,
29 ten ducks for ￡8 each; and they can
30 them tomorrow —I asked them to deliver the five ducks
31 I told them not to in the next hour. We agreed that if I wanted the
32 five ducks I could buy them at ￡6 each."
The father
33 the older son, who nodded his head. He now
34 why his brother was given more work. His younger brother was actually
35 at it than he was.
| 小题1: | | A．cleverer | B．younger | C．taller | D．bigger |
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| 小题2: | | A．work | B．money | C．lands | D．times |
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| 小题3: | | A．agree | B．notice | C．guess | D．understand |
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| 小题4: | | A．thought | B．fact | C．reason | D．result |
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| 小题5: | | A．shop | B．office | C．factory | D．farm |
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| 小题6: | | A．ducks | B．chickens | C．pigs | D．cows |
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| 小题7: | | A．appeared | B．returned | C．brought | D．arrived |
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| 小题8: | | A．send | B．sell | C．lend | D．give |
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| 小题9: | | A．price | B．date | C．number | D．size |
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| 小题11: | | A．research | B．examine | C．teach | D．wait |
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| 小题12: | | A．idea | B．work | C．answer | D．solution |
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| 小题15: | | A．prepare | B．deliver | C．order | D．provide |
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| 小题16: | | A．after | B．until | C．unless | D．while |
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| 小题17: | | A．normal | B．extra | C．usual | D．last |
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| 小题18: | | A．looked at | B．laughed at | C．listened to | D．wrote to |
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| 小题19: | | A．wondered | B．knew | C．promised | D．noticed |
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| 小题20: | | A．worse | B．better | C．younger | D．kinder |
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有强氧化性