Track 46

The old shoes had brought him so much trouble that Johnny decided to throw them away. He went to the rubbish pit outside the city and threw the old shoes into it.“Now they can’t bring me more trouble，”he said.
He returned home，lay down on his bed and slept. But he had a dog，and the dog often went to the rubbish pit to look for food. The dog saw the shoes in the pit and knew they were its master’s. So the dog took one of the heavy shoe in its mouth and went slowly back with it，and left it at its master’s bedside. Then the dog fetched the other shoe in the same way.
When Johnny woke up，he saw the shoes by his bed and he was afraid.“These shoes can walk by themselves，they must be done away with，”he thought. Then he made a large fire in front of his house and put the shoes on it.
Just then a strong wind was blowing and before long the fire made the house begin burning. His neighbours immediately came but could do nothing. The house was burnt down，but the old shoes were saved by the dog again.
生词
rubbish
/ˈrʌbɪʃ
/ n.垃圾：It’s only rubbish—throw it away. 这只是垃圾，扔掉吧。
pit
/pɪt
/ n.深坑：He who digs a pit for others falls in himself. 害人反害己。
master
/ˈmɑːstə(r)
/ n.主人：The dog obeyed his master. 那条狗听主人的话。
burn
/bɜːn
/ v.（burnt或burned）烧毁，烧伤；燃烧：She burned her hand on the stove.她在炉子上烧伤了手。
‖burn down烧毁（建筑物等）：The city was burned down by the enemy. 城市被敌人烧毁了。
❶ One day the old shoes _.
A. were bitten by the dog
B. were put away by his neighbours
C. were thrown into the rubbish pitD. were stolen by the thief
❷ The dog often went to the rubbish pit for food because _.
A. it had nothing to do at home
B. it wanted to find his master’s old shoes
C. it wanted to play there
D. it was hungry
❸ Where did the dog take the old shoes back from？
A. It took them back from the street.
B. It took them back from the rubbish pit.C. It took them back from the river side.
D. It took them back from the the school.
参考译文
这双旧鞋已经给约翰尼带来太多的麻烦，所以他决定把它们扔掉。他来到郊区的垃圾场，将它们扔了进去。“现在它们无法再给我带来麻烦了。”他说。
回到家，他躺到床上睡着了。但他有条狗，这条狗经常去垃圾场找吃的。它看见了垃圾场里的那双鞋子，知道它们是主人的。所以它叼起一只沉重的鞋子，慢慢走回家，将其放在主人的床边。接着，它又用同样的方式把另一只鞋也叼了回来。
约翰尼醒来后，看到了床边的鞋子。他很害怕。“这双鞋子能自己走回来，我必须将它们处理掉。”他想。然后，他在自家房前燃起一堆大火，把鞋子扔了进去。
就在那时，刮起一阵强风，很快，大火将房子引燃。邻居们立刻过来帮忙，但却为时已晚。房子被烧毁了，但那双旧鞋却再次被狗救出。