Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb( 哑的）
he was normal（正常） in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried to get him to
,but with no success. When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in town
him carefully, but could find nothing wrong.
And he seemed to be smart（聪明）. It was just that he
_ spoke.
“There might be something wrong with his
,and he doesn’t know he’s able to speak,” one doctor said. “But he can read and write ,” said Mr,Green. “We’ve written him notes,telling him that he can speak.” “It’s really very
,” another doctor said.Perhaps he’ll be able to speak some day,”
passed. Leo went to university.But he did not say
word Then one day,Leo was having a meal with his parents.He looked up from his
and said, “pass me the salt, please.”
Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. “You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “ Why have you
so long to speak?” “I didn’t have anything to say，he said. “Until now everything was good. But you forgot to put salt in potatoes. ”
| 小题1: | | A．because | B．when | C．though | D．before | |
| 小题2: | | A．speak | B．walk | C．play | D．laugh | |
| 小题3: | | A．taught | B．found | C．examined（检查） | D．asked | |
| 小题4: | | A．never | B．often | C．usually | D．always | |
| 小题5: | | A．back | B．hair | C．face | D．mind（思想） | |
| 小题6: | | A．unfair | B．strange | C．noisy | D．quiet | |
| 小题7: | | A．Hours | B．Weeks | C．Months | D．Years | |
| 小题9: | | A．chair | B．meal | C．hands | D．books | |
| 小题10: | | A．saw | B．walked | C．served | D．waited | |
