阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Two sons worked for their father on the family farm.For some years,the __36__ brother had been given more __37__ to do than the older brother.The older brother couldn’t __38__why,so one day he asked his father the __39__ why he always trusted his younger brother to do more work.
The father said,“Go to the Kelly’s __40__nearby and see if they have any __41__ to sell.”
The older brother soon __42__ with the answer,“Yes,they have five ducks they can __43__ to us.”
The father then said,“Good,now please ask them the __44__ of the ducks.”
The son returned,“The ducks are £10 each.”
The father asked,“ __45__ can they deliver (交付) the ducks?”
The son returned,“They can deliver the ducks tomorrow.”
The father asked the older brother to __46__ and watch.The father then said to the younger brother,“Go to the Davidson’s farm and see if they have any ducks __47__.”
The younger brother soon returned with the __48__,“Yes,they have five ducks for £10 each,__49__ ten ducks for £8 each;and they can __50__ them tomorrow—I ordered five ducks and asked them to deliver them __51__ I told them not to in the next hour.We agreed that if I wanted the __52__ five ducks I could buy them at £6 each.”
The father __53__ the older son,who nodded his head.He now __54__why his brother was given more work.His younger brother was actually __55__ at it than he was.
36.A.cleverer B.younger
C.taller D.bigger
37.A.work B.money
C.lands D.times
38.A.agree B.notice
C.guess D.understand
39.A.information B.fact
C.reason D.result
40.A.shop B.office
C.factory D.farm
41.A.ducks B.chickens
C.pigs D.cows
42.A.appeared B.returned
C.brought D.arrived
43.A.send B.sell
C.lend D.give
44.A.price B.size
C.number D.weight
45.A.When B.Where
C.How D.Why
46.A.research B.examine
C.teach D.wait
47.A.for sale B.on purpose
C.at once D.in time
48.A.idea B.work
C.answer D.choice
49.A.nor B.or
C.if D.as
50.A.prepare B.deliver
C.order D.provide
51.A.after B.until
C.unless D.while
52.A.normal B.extra
C.usual D.last
53.A.looked at B.laughed at
C.listened to D.wrote to
54.A.wondered B.knew
C.promised D.noticed
55.A.worse B.better
C.younger D.kinder