Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.

   For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.

   He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

   It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.

   He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.

   They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.

A. busy          B. spare            C. enough       D. limited

A. foods          B. drawings         C. paintings      D. pictures

A. trips          B. buses            C. holidays        D. mountains

A. after         B. when            C. until            D. unless

A. led           B. stuck            C. got             D. belonged

A. cost          B. spent            C. slept           D. took

A. start       B. begin            C. walk           D. step

A. telephone   B. machine          C. bell            D. clock

A. where         B. how            C. who            D. what

A. quickly        B. sleepily          C. quietly         D. suddenly

A. imagined      B. pronounced     C. forgot           D. remembered

A. mountain      B. town            C. farm         D. station

A. dressed        B. ordered          C. eaten         D. prepared

A. bathroom     B. kitchen           C. dining-room    D. sitting-room

A. seemed       B. felt            C. tasted          D. smelled

A. many         B. soundly          C. much                D. highly

A. wake         B. go              C. put                  D. come

A. of            B. with            C. in                   D. by

A. that           B. what            C. after          D. before

A. cover          B. supply          C. operator              D. equipment

 You must know the “ding dong ditch”. Person A rings Person B’s doorbell, and then quickly runs away or hides before Person B answers. Person B hurries to answer the door, only to find that on one’s there. After the __16__ thing is repeated several times, this is called “ding dong ditch”.

    Sharon Mardis, a single mother of four, told ABC(Australian Broadcasting Corporation) News that she __17__ a “ding dong ditch” when she __18___ to her door at 1:00 a.m. last night.

    “My doorbell started ringing, and I came to the door,” Sharon told ABC News. “There was nobody at the door. I went back in the house. I got ten to twenty feet and the doorbell started ringing again. I came back to the door, but there was still nobody at the door.” She got __19__ and stepped outside, shouting, “Who’s that? What on earth are you going to do?” Everywhere seemed to be __20__.

    But after Sharon returned to the house, she __21___ something. Smoke! Sharon quickly __22__ her kids and the family pets and ran out of the house. Only then did she __23__ how bad the fire was. The __24__ of the house fell down; the house was quickly covered by __25__ . The smoke detectors （探测器）had never gone off; they were out of batteries. Good thing for the doorbell.

    The __26__ is who had rung it. __27__ found that the flames had fused （溶化）the wires of the doorbell together, causing it to ring. But __28__, the fire had nothing to do with the door wiring at all. It had started in the bathroom, well down the hall. From there, the flames didn’t spread to the nearby __29__, where the children and Sharon were sleeping. Instead, they surprisingly reached the doorbell first, making it ring repeatedly, and __30__ Sharon to avoid danger.

    Sharon believes it happened that way thanks to an angel.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项 (A，B，C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his  1time, he likes to get out in the country and take some  2of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his  3. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him  4he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which  5to his uncle in the afternoon. They  6the night there, so that they could  7out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm  8the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember  9he was. He turned over  10and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 11that he was at the  12and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got  13quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the  14. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It  15good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk  16, because they didn’t want to  17up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle  18hot coffee and took some sandwiches  19Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera  20and started out.

1.A. busy      B. spare       C. enough           D. limited

2.A. foods          B. drawings    C. paintings        D. pictures

3.A. trips          B. buses       C. holidays         D. mountains

4.A. after          B. when         C. until            D. unless

5.A. led            B. stuck       C. got          D. belonged

6.A. cost           B. spent       C. slept       D. took

7.A. start          B. begin       C. walk        D. step

8.A. telephone      B. machine     C. bell             D. clock

9.A. where     B. how         C. who         D. what

10.A. quickly       B. sleepily         C. quietly          D. suddenly

11.A. imagined      B. pronounced       C. forgot           D. remembered

12.A. mountain      B. town        C. farm             D. station

13.A. dressed  B. ordered     C. eaten            D. prepared

14.A. bathroom      B. kitchen          C. dining-room      D. sitting-room

15.A. seemed   B. felt             C. tasted      D. smelled

16.A. many     B. soundly          C. much             D. highly

17.A. wake          B. go          C. put              D. come

18.A. of       B. with             C. in               D. by

19.A. that          B. what        C. after            D. before

20.A. cover         B. supply           C. operator         D. equipment

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.