I had planted different hot peppers in my garden. A Mexican fellow called Sam worked for me. He_36_ hot peppers, too. It was late summer and a beautiful sunny day. My son, Marcus, eight, and my daughter, Ellen, ten, picked several 37 hot peppers and entered our workroom, with their             38 ．They wanted to see if Sam could   39  more hot peppers than I.  After a little joking with them we agreed to the contest but they had to   40 ，too. That was not  41 terms for them so they left the room.
They  42  about an hour later with a new proposal and new hot peppers they had just picked．  43 they had reasoned that when a pepper was  44 in color it was the hottest kind. Marcus and Ellen would eat the green colored peppers   45 Sam and I would eat the red colored peppers. Giving Sam a wink（使眼色），we  46 . Showing good sportsmanship（體育精神），I had the kids  47 the peppers that Sam and I would eat.  They picked the largest two red peppers.  Then they picked a  48  green one for themselves. Knowing what was going to  49 ，I told them I would make it  50  for them.  I cut one pepper in half and removed the  51  to reduce the heat a little. The contest was one of speed rather than  52 ．Each child had pepper in hand and was  53 to start .
Looking at my  54  I said, OK, on three. One, Two, THREE. So much happened all at once. Tears, screams and spitting running around, the children  55  their mouth with fast waving hands.  A short time later, Sam and I agreed that the red tasted better than the green.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)teB．likedC．soldD．studied
小題2:
A．heavyB．colorfulC．largeD．green
小題3:
A．proposalB．tricksC．imaginationD．plans
小題4:
A．plantB．pickC．harvestD．eat
小題5:
A．tasteB．participateC．contributeD．share
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)cceptableB．comfortableC．profitableD．tolerable
小題7:
A．enteredB．returnedC．respondedD．reached
小題8:
A．SomehowB．UnfortunatelyC．UnexpectedlyD．Anyhow
小題9:
A．purpleB．greenC．red D．orange
小題10:
A．whileB．butC．soD．if
小題11:
A．smiledB．understood C．a(chǎn)greedD．jumped．
小題12:
A．prepare B．selectC．cut D．cook
小題13:
A．fresh B．smallC．deliciousD．hot
小題14:
A．take in B．take onC．take placeD．take effect
小題15:
A．more convenientB．more interesting
C．happierD．easier
小題16:
A．seedsB．leavesC．skinD．flesh
小題17:
A．timeB．skillC．qualityD．quantity
小題18:
A．nervousB．eagerC．willingD．glad
小題19:
A．watchB．childrenC．partnerD．pepper
小題20:
A．openedB．coveredC．fanned D．washed

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小題1:D
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小題1:D
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