请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

Kitty was a student in a small town. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e   1.   .

She went s   2.   after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she d   3.   to take a black one. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any c   4.   .” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her classes finished.

On her way home on the train she felt h   5.   , so she went to the buffet car (餐车). She left the umbrella on her seat and left. But when she remembered it and r  6.   for it, it was gone. Kitty began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what was the matter. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother was gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers h   7.   this, they asked her for her mother’s a    8.   so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake (弄错) and brought it b   9.   .

And now a week passed. Kitty got a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely g   10.   , but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”

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Twelve-year-old Kitty O’Neil asked her coach, “Let me try.” She was already on the swim team, but this was different. One of the divers had not arrived, and Kitty needed much help. Her coach looked  36   at her. She had been practicing dives, but could she really stand up to the competition? Besides, 37   was completely deaf. Many people thought a person who was deaf wouldn’t be able to dive well. However, Kitty 38  , and she won first place at that swimming meet and went on to win the Junior Olympics in the area.

Kitty began diving with Dr. Sammy Lee, a famous coach and former Olympic diving champion. The teenager went to school in the morning and then spent most afternoons diving. It was  39   work, and Kitty often hit the water the wrong way. However, she was able to 40   practicing. While she was diving , Kitty won many gold medals, but she wanted 41  . Perhaps she learned something from her 42  . Kitty lost her hearing at the age of four months. Because she wanted Kitty to lead a normal life, Kitty’s mother went to college to 43   about teaching people who are deaf. Kitty’s mother finally started a school for those who are deaf.

Kitty’s life was 44  but normal, and as an athlete, Kitty was much bettter than others. When she gave up diving, she wanted danger and adventure. She raced cars, boats, and motorcycles. Many of these 45  usually require at least some hearing. For example many racers judge their speed by the sound of the engine. Kitty did it by  46 .

In 1972 she began to learn doing dangerous action for movies and television. Soon she became one of the   47  women in Hollywood. In 1976 Kitty O’Neil also became the fastest woman in the world in a rocket-powered car that went more than 512 miles per hour.

1. A. up      B. down     C. carefully          D. closely

2.A. she      B. he      C. I           D. it

3. A. worked      B. did    C. practiced    D.  came

4.A. easy      B. usual     C. pleasant     D. hard

5. A. like       B. finish     C. keep     D. begin

6.A. fewer        B. more     C.some      D. many

7.A. father      B. mother    C. coach      D. teacher

8.A. learn      B. read      C. write      D.listen

9.A. something   B. anything   C. nothing   D. everything

10.A. classes     B. meetings    C. activities   D. parties

11.A. listening    B. learning    C. speaking   D. feeling

12.A. latest       B. fastest      C. prettiest   D. busiest

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
Kitty was a student in a small town. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e  【小题1】  .
She went s  【小题2】  after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she d  【小题3】  to take a black one. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any c  【小题4】  .” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her classes finished.
On her way home on the train she felt h  【小题5】  , so she went to the buffet car (餐车). She left the umbrella on her seat and left. But when she remembered it and r 【小题6】  for it, it was gone. Kitty began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what was the matter. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother was gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers h  【小题7】  this, they asked her for her mother’s a   【小题8】  so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake (弄错) and brought it b  【小题9】   .
And now a week passed. Kitty got a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely g  【小题10】  , but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”