A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift” in its mouth—a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to
36 it as the bunny(小兔子) that
37 Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt
38 , believing his cat had killed Mary’s bunny.
My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan.
39 from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a
40 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to
41 the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny
42 it looked pretty good.
Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it
43 in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very
44 there in his little box.
The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people
45 around the rabbit hutch(笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend
46 to go over and act like any normal
47 neighbor and find out what was going on.
When he got there, Mary’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t believe this! It’s a(n)
48 thing! Mary’s bunny
49 a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…”
Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters
50 .
When we get caught doing something
51 , for example, we may
52 to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary’s bunny, the result is
53 what we expected. We
54 looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the
55 . What do you think of it?
| 小题1: | | A．treat | B．catch | C．appreciate | D．recognize |
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| 小题2: | | A．looked for | B．got along | C．belonged to | D．resulted from |
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| 小题3: | | A．pleased | B．terrible | C．confused | D．excited |
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| 小题4: | | A．Looking | B．Removing | C．Preventing | D．Hearing |
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| 小题5: | | A．dirty | B．lovely | C．gifted | D．strange |
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| 小题6: | | A．dress up | B．bring up | C．clean up | D．make up |
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| 小题7: | | A．whenever | B．though | C．before | D．until |
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| 小题8: | | A．carefully | B．strangely | C．especially | D．wonderfully |
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| 小题9: | | A．serious | B．accurate | C．balanced | D．natural |
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| 小题10: | | A．cheered | B．gathered | C．ran | D．looked |
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| 小题11: | | A．wished | B．decided | C．hesitated | D．meant |
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| 小题12: | | A．anxious | B．discouraged | C．wise | D．curious |
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| 小题13: | | A．strange | B．difficult | C．committed | D．annoying |
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| 小题14: | | A．passed away | B．ran away | C．set out | D．went up |
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| 小题15: | | A．more | B．worse | C．better | D．faster |
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| 小题16: | | A．exciting | B．perfect | C．strange | D．wrong |
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| 小题17: | | A．refuse | B．attempt | C．promise | D．pretend |
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| 小题18: | | A．often | B．just | C．always | D．never |
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| 小题19: | | A．get down | B．end up | C．go through | D．set out |
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| 小题20: | | A．consequences | B．opportunities | C．expectations | D．choices |
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