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Sarah lived on a farm with her family. She was ___21___ to learn to track, to identify each person and where they were going by the marks they left on the ground. And if her father couldn’t teach her, she’d teach herself. To the ___22___ of her family, she borrowed all their ___23___ and taught herself to recognize everyone’s footprints in the sand. More than once her father came outside shouting, “Sarah, bring me ___24___ my boots.” Sarah developed the habit of walking around with her eyes fixed on the ground, ___25___ the comings and goings of every ___26___ in the place. She also developed the annoying habit of ___27___ everyone. “What were you doing down at the dam, Jack? You’re not ___28___ to play there.” “Did you find what you were ___29___ in the garage, Auntie?” and “Who was the stranger visiting today wearing size ten boots, Mum?” After she’d ______30______ every pair of shoes that everyone _____31_____, she turned to the farm’s animals. By this time _______32_______her victims had to admit, _____33_____, that she was good. Her best _____34_____ came one evening when she said the horse’s front foot was _____35_____. Her father said that the horse was _____36_____ fine. Sarah _____37_____ that its hoof (蹄) had a split. Sarah’s father _____38_____ the horse’s hoof. “You’re _____39_____. The hoof is split. How did you know?” “You can see it in its _____40_____.” Sarah moved the horse away. “Look, it’s plain in the sand.’’ “If you can tell it has a split hoof from that sand, you’re pretty good,” said her father. 21. A. determined       B. forced           C. appointed            D. encouraged 22. A. expectation      B. annoyance        C. disappointment       D. delight 23. A. shoes            B. books            C. socks                D. tools 24. A. up               B. outside          C. over             D. back 25. A. guiding          B. hearing          C. studying         D. predicting 26. A. vehicle          B. person           C. animal               D. season 27. A. surprising       B. criticising      C. questioning          D. challenging 28. A. prepared         B. invited          C. qualified            D. allowed 29. A. calling for      B. looking for      C. waiting for          D. fighting for 30. A. worn         B. collected        C. destroyed            D. memorised 31. A. owned            B. borrowed    C. tried                D. bought 32. A. yet              B. even         C. also             D. still 33. A. guiltily         B. approvingly      C. merrily              D. unwillingly 34. A. performance      B. trick            C. magic                D. idea 35. A. tied             B. lost         C. injured              D. stolen 36. A. safely           B. extremely        C. hardly               D. perfectly 37. A. doubted          B. wondered    C. insisted             D. discovered 38. A. inspected        B. split            C. treated              D. fastened 39. A. lying            B. joking           C. right                D. crazy 40. A. boots            B. tracks           C. jumps                D. hoofs 答案：ABADC  BCDBD  ABDAC  DCACB

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