题目内容：

Sarah lived on a farm with her family. She was _______ to learn to track, to identify each person and where they were going by the marks they left on the ground. And if her father couldn’t teach her, she’d teach herself.

To the _______ of her family, she borrowed all their _______ and taught herself to recognize everyone’s footprints in the sand. More than once her father came outside shouting, “Sarah, bring me _______ my boots.”

Sarah developed the habit of walking around with her eyes fixed on the ground, _______ the comings and goings of every _______ in the place.

She also developed the annoying habit of _______ everyone. “What were you doing down at the dam, Jack? You’re not _______ to play there.” “Did you find what you were _______ in the garage, Auntie?” and “Who was the stranger visiting today wearing size ten boots, Mum?”

After she’d ____________ every pair of shoes that everyone __________, she turned to the farm’s animals. By this time ______________her victims had to admit, __________, that she was good.

Her best __________ came one evening when she said the horse’s front foot was __________. Her father said that the horse was __________ fine. Sarah __________ that its hoof (蹄) had a split. Sarah’s father __________ the horse’s hoof.

“You’re __________. The hoof is split. How did you know?”

“You can see it in its __________.” Sarah moved the horse away. “Look, it’s plain in the sand.’’ “If you can tell it has a split hoof from that sand, you’re pretty good,” said her father.

1.A. determined    B. forced    C. appointed    D. encouraged

2.A. expectation    B. annoyance    C. disappointment    D. delight

3.A. shoes    B. books    C. socks    D. tools

4.A. up    B. outside    C. over    D. back

5.A. guiding    B. hearing    C. studying    D. predicting

6.A. vehicle    B. person    C. animal    D. season

7.A. surprising    B. criticising    C. questioning    D. challenging

8.A. prepared    B. invited    C. qualified    D. allowed

9.A. calling for    B. looking for    C. waiting for    D. fighting for

10.A. worn    B. collected    C. destroyed    D. memorised

11.A. owned    B. borrowed    C. tried    D. bought

12.A. yet    B. even    C. also    D. still

13.A. guiltily    B. approvingly    C. merrily    D. unwillingly

14.A. performance    B. trick    C. magic    D. idea

15.A. tied    B. lost    C. injured    D. stolen

16.A. safely    B. extremely    C. hardly    D. perfectly

17.A. doubted    B. wondered    C. insisted    D. discovered

18.A. inspected    B. split    C. treated    D. fastened

19.A. lying    B. joking    C. right    D. crazy

20.A. boots    B. tracks    C. jumps    D. hoofs