WhenmysonGenewasabout12yearsold,Istartedhelpinghimlearn...

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When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to   41  . I bought twenty chickens and asked him to   42   them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would   43   the eggs from him. However, he would have to buy chicken   44   with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was   45   would be his to keep. Gene was   46  , thinking he would make his first   47 .

After several weeks’ successful work, I began to   48   that egg production was going down. I   49   nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have   50   money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never   51   a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped   52   eggs.

Then I asked him if he had   53   the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was   54  . It was like he did not think anyone would ever   55  what he had done. After a long   56  , he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them   57   food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”

I was just astonished at the question in my own   58  . I was dumbfounded(驚呆) at the   59   of it. Yes, you can fool everyone else, but you cannot “fool the chickens”, because   60  , you will find out, as the saying goes, “What goes around comes around.”

41. A. cook             B. share            C. count                D. work

42. A. take care of     B. observe          C. train                D. play with

43. A. save             B. borrow           C. buy              D. keep

44. A. nest             B. soup             C. meat             D. feed

45. A. given back       B. picked up            C. left over            D. brought in

46. A. thrilled         B. worried          C. satisfied            D. discouraged

47. A. deal             B. contribution     C. fortune          D. choice

48. A. hear             B. notice           C. predict          D. imagine

49. A. said             B. found            C. thought          D. recalled

50. A. private          B. honest           C. pocket           D. enough

51. A. missed           B. wasted           C. enjoyed          D. finished

52. A. eating               B. laying           C. gathering            D. hiding

53. A. balanced         B. checked out      C. cut down         D. measured

54. A. delighted            B. shocked          C. tired                D. disappointed

55. A. forgive          B. allow                C. discuss          D. know

56. A. silence          B. absence          C. discussion       D. preparation

57. A. heavy                B. fresher          C. less             D. solid

58. A. life             B. job              C. case             D. mind 

59. A. explanation      B. significance     C. trick                D. example 

60. A. in this respect      B. in the end           C. on the contrary  D. in addition

【回答】

41-45 DACDC         

46-50 ACBAD

51-55 ABCBD        

56-60 ACDBB

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