1.Joseph Emmons can't use his eyes. He's blind. He has a trained dog named Buster that leads him where he wants to go. Buster is called a seeing-eye dog.
Although Mr. Emmons has a handicap (不利条件), it isn't a big problem. He has a useful job and he earns his own money. Mr. Emmons sells brooms and mops to people in this part of the city. He was worked every day except Sunday for forty years.
After his early breakfast, Mr. Emmons holds Buster, carries brooms and mops and walks from house to house. People choose a broom and they pay him while Buster sits and waits beside his master. It takes four and one-half months to walk to every house in this part of the city. So Mr. Emmons visits each house every four months, and by then the people are usually ready to buy new brooms.
But these days he has a problem. His brooms last so long that sometimes they are still good after four months. Then nobody needs to buy a new one. Mr. Emmons likes his job and is proud of his brooms. He picks up a new supply of brooms every week. He says, “If you don't sell people something good, they're not going to buy from you the second time you come around.”
No.1: Buster is a seeing-eye dog because he is trained to lead Mr. Emmons to everywhere.
A:True
B:False
No.2: Every day Buster sells brooms and mops with Mr. Emmons.
A:True
B:False
No.3: Mr. Emmons walks from door to door around the whole city.
A:True
B:False
No.4: Mr. Emmons believes that if he sells something bad, he will lose most of his customers.
A:True
B:False
No.5: This story tells us how this disabled man lives on himself.
A:True
B:False
A farmer had a cow. He looked after his cow. One day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet (兽医). The vet came and gave the cow a complete examination. He told the farmer the cow was seriously ill and she needed to take some strong medicine. He took a little bottle out of his box, and put two pills into the farmer’s hand. “Give her these,” he said, “Put the pills into his mouth and let her take them. The medicine can make her feel better.” The vet also gave him a tube and said, “Put the pills in the tube and put the tube into her mouth. Then blow. That'll make it.” The vet left. The next morning the vet came again. He saw the farmer sitting outside his house and looked more worried. The vet was very strange and asked the reason. The farmer said, “I did what you said but the cow blew first. Now she is still ill and I’m feeling very uncomfortable myself.”
No.1: The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow was badly ill.
A:True
B:False
No.2: The vet taught the farmer how to make the cow eat the pills.
A:True
B:False
No.3: The farmer took the two pills (药片) instead of the cow.
A:True
B:False
No.4: The cow felt much better the next day.
A:True
B:False
No.5: The vet had to do something to help the farmer the next day.
A:True
B:False
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