“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 36 , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January 37 air.
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really 38 thing to do．But then she took a step 39 . “Come on, Kolby”, she said, grabbing some treats（犒劳物） and 40 him in front of the open door. “Touch.” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a 41 position. She 42 him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became 43 . Over the last few days I have been with Kolby. Each time he comes in I bring him back to the 44 door and ask him to close. There have been 45 in the beginning, but lately more and more successes.
However, there remains much work to be done. I have to get him to follow my hand signal again and again 46 he will close the door from a distance. But, I now realize, 47 you keep to the focus, the 48 will be completed.
What a 49 treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the 50 I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby.
A wish is just a wish until you decide to take 51 . Once you 52 the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of 53 . Once you want to accomplish a goal, and 54 that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done．Just 55 doing it.
1. A．complain B．scream C．worry D．scare
2. A．thin B．fresh C．dirty D．cold
3. A．interesting B．funny C．tough D．possible
4. A．again B．further C．deeper D．backward
5. A．pushing B．catching C.driving D．positioning
6. A．stopped B．fixed C．closed D．checked
7. A．rewarded B．provided C．offered D．thanked
8. A．moved B．convinced C．concerned D．puzzled
9. A．open B．closed C．broken D．perfect
10.A．pleasures B．experiments C．failures D．pauses
11. A．in case B．even if C．as if D．so that
12. A．even if B．as long as C．in that D．unless
13. A．interest B．task C．profit D．harmony
14. A．wonderful B．small C．different D．simple
15. A．knowledge B．skills C．lessons D．experience
16. A．patience B．part C．delight D．action
17. A．hold on to B．pay attention to C．come up with D．live up to
18. A．date B．touch C．reach D．power
19. A．prove B．decide C．approve D．realize
20. A．imagine B．start C．keep D．enjoy
One day I _____ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.
A. came across B. came about C. came out D. came to
E-shopping,when properly _____ ,can save us a lot of time and energy.
A. done B. doing C. to do D. is done
---_____ should we look down upon the poor.
---I’m with you on that.
A. By all means B. By any means C. By means of D. By no means
When was _____ you last met Jennifer? I haven’t seen her for ages.
A. it that B. it C. it what D. what
If you listen to me, you _____ have some candies, my son.
A. should B. shall C. must D. may
