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Rocky had always been picked on by some of his schoolmates. Nothing _________ him more. But no matter how much he told them not to do so or even shouted at them, they wouldn’t _________ . One of his friends wanted to help him and told him a(n) _________ about Sparky.

Sparky was a fighting bull. One day, Sparky stood next to his owner’s house, _________  the farmer’s TV, and it was showing a bullfight. Sparky _________ that this was what lay _________ him, so he spent the rest of his life preparing for the day of his fight.

Soon, that day arrived. When Sparky _________ the bullring (斗牛场), he was suddenly pushed in the back. It was very   _________  , and Sparky felt like his blood was boiling. But he knew _________ what he needed to do, and he remained still. Soon, the bullfighter _________ , trying to provoke(挑衅) Sparky. Sparky felt like _________ his horns(角) deep into this stupid guy, but he controlled his _________ , kept still and waited.

After some time, the crowd started to whistle. It got so bad that the bullfight organizers decided to _________ the bull. This had been the most boring bull that anyone could remember.

So Sparky was _________ to his field and allowed to live out his life in peace. Never again did they put him in a bullring, _________ everyone knew that he would provide no amusement.

His friend told Rocky: “Those people _________ making fun of you because they see how angry they make you. But _________ you did what Sparky did, not reacting to anything, they’d get bored and look for someone else to _________  , someone who could provide more amusement.”

Rocky gradually tried to put this _________ into practice. At first, it wasn’t easy, but as Rocky _________ to his plan, those people got bored with him. After a few days they found more interesting things to do than make fun of Rocky.

1.A. amazedB. upsetC. excitedD. shocked

2.A. startB. allowC. stopD. help

3.A. jokeB. ideaC. secretD. story

4.A. doingB. thinkingC. questioningD. watching

5.A. agreedB. imaginedC. realizedD. found

6.A. ahead ofB. afterC. underD. beside

7.A. borrowedB. openedC. enteredD. ordered

8.A. painfulB. comfortableC. peacefulD.different

9.A. fortunatelyB. exactlyC. rapidlyD. possibly

10.A. failedB. appearedC. leftD. laughed

11.A. sticking B. holdingC. runningD. turning

12.A. cryB. angerC. dangerD. escape

13.A. killB. rideC. changeD. hit

14.A. soldB. repairedC. cleanedD. returned

15.A. onceB. becauseC. thoughD. unless

16.A. suggestB. dislikeC. missD. enjoy

17.A. whileB. untilC. ifD. before

18.A. pick onB. pick up

C. put on              D. put up

19.A. chanceB. knowledgeC. resultD. advice

20.A. keptB. madeC. gotD. fight