One very cold morning, my father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the _______.

"About an hour. "he answered.

"I wish I could go hone now- my _______aches."

"I am sorry, but can't you stay till lunch time?" said my father.

"But my headache is getting _____."

"Well," said he, "you may go home. I don't want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home _____tell your mother to give you some rhubarb（大黄，一种苦药）. It will ______ you a lot. "

I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to _______ the terrible medicine. But it was too _______. She understood my ______ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.

I had to swallow（吞）all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather work all day in the field. But it cured（治愈）my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be ______.

Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.

【1】A.field B.hospital C.factory D.school

【2】A.tooth B.head C.stomach D.leg

【3】A.better B.worse C.less D.more

【4】A.but B.or C.and D.yet

【5】A.hurt B.worry C.help D.work

【6】A.take B.buy C.make D.bring

【7】A.early B.difficult C.easy D.late

【8】A.joke B.duty C.problem D.secret

【9】A.kind B.honest C.helpful D.hard