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     Signs can sometimes be seen at theentrance of a house, expressing
that a tramp has passed. This specialsign language is frequently   1   
by tramps to inform their   2   whether the host of a certain house is
friendly or unfriendly,and to  3  them the trouble of making unnecessary calls.
       Quite  4  one day, I came across a real tramp. He was such
a rare sight these days that I stood some distance away and watched
him He was dressed just as a tramp should be 5 , old worn
trousers and a jacket many sizes too big for him. On his head there
was a battered old hat and his boots were so old and worn-they
were almost coming into  6  . But the man himself looked
cheerful as if he had not a   7  in the world. He rubbed his nose
with his forefinger,   8   a funny turn, laid a small parcel by the
front gate, and began   9  a sign made by a former caller.
Although the sign was meaningless to me, it must have been  10  ,
for the tramp's face lit up with  11  . He entered the front gate
confidently and rang the bell. When the door opened, I saw him
12  his hat but couldn't hear his words. The 13 was very
short indeed, for no sooner had he spoken a few words than the door
closed fiercely in his face. I felt   14   for him as he walked  15 
out of the house. But just as quickly, his face lit up again and he
moved quickly towards the gate. There he stopped, looked at the
sign, and 16  his head seriously as if he had made a bad mistake.
 17  deeply into his pockets, he produced a piece of chalk, rubbed
out the 18 sign and made a new one in its place. He stared at it
for a moment smiling to himself, then gathered his 19 ,pushed
back his hat and began walking towards the next house at an
unhurried 20 whistling as he went along.
( )1. A. employed    
( )2. A. parents      
( )3. A. share        
( )4. A. in a way    
( )5. A. with        
( )6. A. a fashion    
( )7. A. success      
( )8. A. gave        
( )9. A. drawing      
( )10. A. pleased    
( )11. A. surprise    
( )12. A. rise        
( )13. A. conversation
( )14. A. happy      
( )15. A. cheerful    
( )16. A. waved      
( )17. A. Digging    
( )18. A. existed    
( )19. A. belongings  
( )20. A. step        
B. made          
B. classmates    
B. save          
B. by mistake    
B. in            
B. a design      
B. care          
B. took          
B. kissing      
B. strange      
B. satisfaction  
B. put on        
B. introduction  
B. frightened    
B. sadly        
B. swung        
B. Stealing      
B. moving        
B. clothes      
B. position      
C. taken      
C. fellows    
C. give        
C. by the way  
C. by          
C. pieces      
C. failure    
C. set        
C. correcting  
C. funny      
C. worry      
C. raise      
C. quarrel    
C. worried    
C. bravely    
C. shook      
C. Putting    
C. shining    
C. umbrella    
C. pace        
D. put up        
D. friends        
D. put            
D. by chance      
D. on            
D. blocks        
D. family        
D. made          
D. studying      
D. exciting      
D. disappointment
D. throw          
D. greeting      
D. sorry          
D. eagerly        
D. nodded        
D. Looking        
D. existing      
D. stick          
D. situation      
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1-5: ACBDB  6-10: CCDDD 11-15: BCADB 16-20: CADAC

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