The bright morning light shone through the window onto farmer Tom’s pillow, making the room hot. Tom is not a(n) riser but the heat woke him up. He hurriedly _ and started to head for his poultry farm(家禽饲养场). He had put all his money in .
Tom got into his that was loaded with ducks in cages and his two _ , Bill and Jim. Their first _ was the City Primary School. On _ the school gate, one of the lorry’s tires was _. Tom left his workers to change the tire _ he went into the dining hall to hand over some ducks.
Meanwhile, a boy had climbed up the lorry and some of the cages. Jim _ to look up; the boy jumped down from the lorry and ran into the school. The ducks were . Jim and Bill hurriedly tried to get the ducks back into the cages but it was . There was a great commotion(混乱): ducks quacking(嘎嘎叫), workers .
Where was the boy? He was at the school gate letting some ducks into the school. On hearing the , many children came out of their classrooms and watched the sight—two men running after ducks that were quacking!
Tom came back just in time to the boy. He then made a funny quacking sound and the ducks to come to him. He put them back into cages, changed the tire and , leaving the boy in the hands of the schoolmaster.
1.A. wise B. early C. honest D. rich
2.A. worked out B. looked around C. got up D. came up
3.A. ducks B. pigs C. dogs D. chickens
4.A. room B. lorry C. train D. station
5.A. waiters B. neighbors C. sons D. workers
6.A. hope B. class C. stop D. call
7.A. touching B. leaving C. building D. reaching
8.A. flat B. dirty
C. lost D. soft
9.A. if B. while C. after D. though
10.A. opened B. discovered C. repaired D. checked
11.A. decided B. refused C. expected D. happened
12.A. escaping B. swimming C. waiting D. standing
13.A. different B. useless C. slow D. lucky