Reading Test (8), I semester

One Blind Man

Joseph Emmons can't use his eyes. He's blind. He has a trained dog named Buster that leads him where he wants to go. Buster sees for Mr. Emmons. He's called a seeing-eye dog. Although Mr. Emmons has a handicap, it isn't a big problem. He has a useful job and he earns his own money. Mr. Emmons sells brooms and mops to people in his part of the city. He has worked everyday except Sunday for forty years. Mr. Emmons gets up at 6:00 every morning and eats break­fast with his wife. Then he leaves the house at 7:00. He holds Buster and walks from house to house. He carries his mops and brooms with him. While he talks to people, the dog sits and waits. The people choose a broom, and then they pay him. Buster doesn't let Mr. Emmons talk to people very long. He likes to keep moving. It takes four and a half months to walk to every house in his part of the city. Mr. Emmons visits each house every four months, and by then people are usually ready to buy new brooms.

Buster is ...

One Blind Man

Joseph Emmons can't use his eyes. He's blind. He has a trained dog named Buster that leads him where he wants to go. Buster sees for Mr. Emmons. He's called a seeing-eye dog. Although Mr. Emmons has a handicap, it isn't a big problem. He has a useful job and he earns his own money. Mr. Emmons sells brooms and mops to people in his part of the city. He has worked everyday except Sunday for forty years. Mr. Emmons gets up at 6:00 every morning and eats break­fast with his wife. Then he leaves the house at 7:00. He holds Buster and walks from house to house. He carries his mops and brooms with him. While he talks to people, the dog sits and waits. The people choose a broom, and then they pay him. Buster doesn't let Mr. Emmons talk to people very long. He likes to keep moving. It takes four and a half months to walk to every house in his part of the city. Mr. Emmons visits each house every four months, and by then people are usually ready to buy new brooms.

Mr. Emmons earns his money by ...

One Blind Man

Joseph Emmons can't use his eyes. He's blind. He has a trained dog named Buster that leads him where he wants to go. Buster sees for Mr. Emmons. He's called a seeing-eye dog. Although Mr. Emmons has a handicap, it isn't a big problem. He has a useful job and he earns his own money. Mr. Emmons sells brooms and mops to people in his part of the city. He has worked everyday except Sunday for forty years. Mr. Emmons gets up at 6:00 every morning and eats break­fast with his wife. Then he leaves the house at 7:00. He holds Buster and walks from house to house. He carries his mops and brooms with him. While he talks to people, the dog sits and waits. The people choose a broom, and then they pay him. Buster doesn't let Mr. Emmons talk to people very long. He likes to keep moving. It takes four and a half months to walk to every house in his part of the city. Mr. Emmons visits each house every four months, and by then people are usually ready to buy new brooms.

Mr. Emmons doesn't talk to people very long because ...