One day a stranger came to the nearest village and asked where he could find wild pigs. Somebody told him, and he went off. He had no
36 with him, and the village people
37 what he was going to
38 with the pigs.
When he came back a few months later and said that he had
39 all the pigs, the villagers were still more surprised, but some of them agreed to go with him
40 he asked for help in bringing the pigs out. They wanted to see whether he was telling
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They soon discovered
42 he was. All the pigs were inside the enclosure(围栏) which had a fence round it and a
43 in one of its sides.“
44 did you do it?” they asked the stranger.
“ well, it was quite easy really,” he answered. “ I began by
45 some Indian corn.
46, they would not touch it, but after a few weeks, some of the younger pigs
47 to run out of the bushes, take some of the corn quickly, and then run back. Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I
48 out there. Then I began to build a fence round the corn. At first it was very
49, but little by little I built it higher and higher without
50 the pigs away. When I saw that they were
51 me to bring the corn each day
52 going and searching for their own food
53 they had done in the past, I can
54 one day while they were all eating inside the enclosure. I can catch any animal in the world in the same way if I can get it into the habit of
55 me for its food.
小题1: | A.money | B.food | C.tools | D.guns |
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小题2: | A.understood | B.surprised | C.wondered | D.knew |
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小题4: | A.bought | B.found | C.seen | D.caught |
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小题6: | A.a story | B.the truth | C.a joke | D.a bad word |
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小题8: | A.gun | B.hole | C.gate | D.window |
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小题10: | A.looking | B.growing | C.getting in | D.putting out |
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小题11: | A.After all | B.At first | C.By and by | D.Above all |
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小题12: | A.began | B.risked | C.tried | D.decided |
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小题13: | A.had taken | B.had lain | C.had laid | D.had lied |
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小题14: | A.low | B.slow | C.shabby | D.small |
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小题15: | A.driving | B.frightening | C.sending | D.shooting |
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小题16: | A.looking at | B.interesting in | C.searching for | D.waiting for |
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小题17: | A.besides | B.except | C.instead of | D.because of |
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小题19: | A.shoot it | B.shoot them | C.shut them | D.shut it |
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小题20: | A.satisfying with | B.living on | C.depending on | D.asking for |
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