Mr. Johnson had a factory. He once 1 on TV that animals could be taught to 2 some work for people if they were given 3 to eat. He loved the idea. He thought it would be 4 to have a dog look after his 5 and an elephant do some heavy jobs 6 his factory. He bought a dog 7 an elephant in the market and decided to teach them to do some work for him. Of course. he 8 bought a lot of food for them. Several months later，the dog and the elephant 9 fatter and fatter，but they 10 do any work for him. At last，Mr. Johnson had to give up.

　　1. A. saw B. asked C. met

　　2. A. make B.do C. 1et

　　3. A. someone B.nothing C. something

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　　4. A. bad B. good C. 1ate

　　5. A. house B. shirt C. eyes

　　6. A. in B. above C. under

　　7. A. but B. or C. and

　　8. A. also B. never C. yet

　　9. A. smelt B. sounded C. became

　　10. A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t

　　运用“跳读”或“边读边猜”等技巧把握中心大意。 短文的中心直接影响故事情节的发展，决定着各小题选项该如何确定。通过一到两遍的阅读，有些小题答案会在我们的脑海里浮现，比如2空填do，3空填something或food，5空填home或house或his factory，7空填and等等。