Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his   56 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 57 of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 58 . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 59  he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which 60 to his uncle in the afternoon. They        61 the night there, so that they could 62 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 63 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 64  he was. He turned over   __65__and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 66  that he was at the     67 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 68 quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the   69   ,where Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It   70  good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 71  , because they didn’t want to   __72__ up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle(热水瓶)        73 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 74 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera   75  and started out.

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.

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