Question

One Saturday, some five-or-six-year olds in my neighborhood gathered at the lot to play cowboys. Brian came,   21   the biggest toy gun I’d ever seen. Before we started, I told him I wanted to borrow it   22  . As soon as we broke up for the   23  , I ran to a far corner of the lot and buried the gun in the soft dirt. I wanted to give Brian a   24  .

Before long, Brian was demanding his gun back. We all walked   25   the lot to the corner, and I dug where I   26   I’d buried it. No gun. I dug some more.   27   no gun. Brian started shouting, “Find my gun!” and I started getting   28  . I knew it was somewhere, but the whole corner was looking   29   to me. Everyone stood around and watched   30   I desperately dug at the ground. No one   31  . My eyes started burning, and I knew I was going to cry. I  32   with Brian screaming, “You bastard! My dad will get you!”

That afternoon when I heard Brian calling outside the window, I told Mom everything. She   33   listened to me, then went out to the garage and got the shovel. We   34   Brian outside and the three of us returned to the lot.

  35   it was very hot outside, and my mom dug in the heat for an hour. She turned up most of the dirt in that corner,   36   the gun was never found. I stood and watched   37  , and felt worse and worse as she worked and sweated   38   me.

My parents bought Brian a new gun, so he was   39  . Now I realize how lucky I was to have   40   who stood up for me, and that I still needed Mom to help me out of trouble.

21. A. carrying out            B. showing off           C. picking up                       D. taking away

22. A. after a moment              B. at a time                        C. in a minute           D. for a while

23. A. race                                    B. game                               C. party                                D. role

24. A. blow                                   B. test                                  C. chance                            D. scare

25. A. across                                B. in                                      C. over                                 D. by

26. A. imagined                           B. pretended                      C. thought                           D. expected

27. A. Also                                    B. Still                                   C. Just                                  D. Indeed

28. A. hot                                      B. hurt                                  C. sick                                   D. angry

29. A. unlikely                     B. perfect                            C. the same                        D. the opposite

30. A. since                                  B. though                            C. if                                       D. as

31. A. helped                               B. laughed                           C. quarreled                       D. worked

32. A. settled down          B. came up                          C. set out                                     D. ran away

33. A. doubtfully                         B. calmly                    C. regretfully                      D. kindly

34. A. left                                      B. followed                          C. met                                  D. took

35. A. By now                     B. Till then                          C. At last                             D. So far

36. A. but                                      B. for                                    C. when                               D. so

37. A. carelessly                         B. impatiently           C. helplessly                       D. cautiously

38. A. in spite of                          B. except for                       C. in favor of                       D. because of

39. A. satisfied                            B. moved                             C. encouraged                   D. comforted

40. A. all                              B. someone                        C. anybody                          D. one

Answer 1

21. B      22. D      23. B     24. D     25. A     26. C    27. B

28. C      29. C      30. D     31. A     32. D     33. B    34. C

35. A      36. A      37. C     38. D     39. A     40. B