Every night,I watched for Miss Ellen's lights to go off. She lives next door and we are best friends,____I'm young and she's old. We both like dogs,cats and birds. Miss Ellen has another best friend,her ____,Imogene. Soon as her lights were off,I went into our kitchen and got a(n) ____ to say goodnight to Imogene.
“Imogene?” I kept my voice ____ because Imogene is old and I didn't want to ____ her.
Imogene looked at me ____ I put the egg under her. She seemed to ___ sitting on that egg. I guessed it must ____ her of good old times.
Every morning,I went to Miss Ellen's home to ____ her bread while she ate Imogene's egg.“ I should let you eat the egg too,but it's Imogene's ___ to me,”she said.
When Imogene stopped laying eggs last year,Miss Ellen became ____ and quiet. That was before I started ____ giving her one of Mom's every night.
One morning when I got to Miss Ellen's kitchen,something was ___.Miss Ellen seldom allowed Imogene in the house,but that day she was on the table. Miss Ellen was ____,holding two eggs in her hands.
“Can you ____ it?My Imogene laid this herself!It's not one of your mother's. Oh!Oh!”She ____and put her hand over her mouth.
I looked at her in ____.“You knew?”
“Yes. I'm sorry. To tell the truth,Imogene ____ that you come to visit her every day. She didn't want you to stop. So we decided to keep ____.”
It took a minute for me to ____.Then I figured it out. Both of them wanted me to come. I touched Imogene's head and smiled at Miss Ellen.
A.for B.yet C.though D.because
A.dog B.cat C.bird D.hen
A.egg B.apple C.cake D.drink
A.firm B.soft C.loud D.pleasant
A.lose B.hurt C.keep D.frighten
A.unless B.since C.as D.if
A.like B.consider C.regret D.mind
A.tell B.remind C.warn D.convince
A.mix B.cut C.borrow D.share
A.promise B.choice C.gift D.job
A.sad B.calm C.boring D.strange
A.slowly B.secretly C.mainly D.simply
A.important B.funny C.wrong D.different
A.busy B.angry C.excited D.shocked
A.believe B.feel C.make D.see
A.remembered B.stopped C.smiled D.nodded
A.peace B.disappointment C.surprise D.confidence
A.hopes B.prefers C.suggests D.loves
A.quiet B.happy C.honest D.friendly
A.start B.understand C.cry D.notice