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

　　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

　　運用“跳讀”或“邊讀邊猜”等技巧把握中心大意。 短文的中心直接影響故事情節(jié)的發(fā)展，決定著各小題選項該如何確定。通過一到兩遍的閱讀，有些小題答案會在我們的腦海里浮現(xiàn)，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。