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（体育精神），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.

A．ate B．liked C．sold D．studied

A．heavy B．colorful C．large D．green

A．proposal B．tricks C．imagination D．plans

A．plant B．pick C．harvest D．eat

A．taste B．participate C．contribute D．share

A．acceptable B．comfortable C．profitable D．tolerable

A．entered B．returned C．responded D．reached

A．Somehow B．Unfortunately C．Unexpectedly D．Anyhow

A．purple B．green C．red D．orange

A．while B．but C．so D．if

A．smiled B．understood C．agreed D．jumped．

A．prepare B．select C．cut D．cook

A．fresh B．small C．delicious D．hot

A．take in B．take on C．take place D．take effect

A．more convenient B．more interesting C．happier D．easier

A．seeds B．leaves C．skin D．flesh

A．time B．skill C．quality D．quantity

A．nervous B．eager C．willing D．glad

A．watch B．children C．partner D．pepper

A．opened B．covered C．fanned D．washed