A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl which looked very _1_. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the _2_ of the cat, was lying_3_ the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in the_4_. So he said to him, “What a nice cat you have! Will you _5_ it to me?”
The farmer asked, “_6_ will you give me for the cat?”
“Twenty dollars. Would that be enough?”
The farmer thought for a few minutes, then he _7_. After he paid the farmer, the man said, “My cat will certainly feel _8_. May I take the bowl _9_the cat can drink with it?” But the farmer said, “I’m _10_ I can’t give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold twenty cats already.”

A．old B．new C．big D．small

A．teacher B．servant C．doctor D．owner

A．in B．over C．beside D．under

A．cat B．bowl C．bottle D．milk

A．sell B．give C．pass D．return

A．What B．Where C．How much D．What time

A．agreed B．refused C．replied D．stopped

A．tired B．thirsty C．comfortable D．excited

A．while B．until C．so that D．though

A．sorry B．happy C．sad D．grateful