When I was about ten years old, I spotted a mouse running across our living room floor. My four younger siblings（ 兄弟姐妹） heard me screaming 16 and joined me on the couch， 17 my father found us standing, yelling and pointing.
Dad grabbed 18 and chased that mouse all over the place. We followed him in hot pursuit, 19 him on，“Get it, Dad. Get it!”
Finally, the mouse was 20 , but when Dad pushed the broom into it, the mouse 21 a little squeal (尖叫). All 22 of us jumped our father. We 23 his arms and legs, “Don't hurt him. Let him go！”
Dad dropped his head 24 .He pulled the broom away and the mouse scampered off(奔逃). “Run.” we yelled.
My father looked at us like we'd turned into numskulls(傻瓜). He bought a trap the next day.
Ray, my husband, and I live in the country. Our garage is kept free of field mice by our outdoor cat, Snickers. Her mother was a great mouser and 25 her baby well. I was in the garage one day, 26 a mouse ran across the floor. I 27. Snickers was sleeping, so I 28 her name to get her attention. She had the mouse 29 a nanosecond.
Then…I heard 30 . “Let it go,” I yelled. When she refused, I ran into the house to 31 my husband to save it.
I watched 32 a crack in the door as my husband donned (戴上) a pair of work gloves, took the mouse out of the cat's mouth, walked it out to the field. When he came back, he bent down to pet the cat and told her she was a good girl for 33 the mouse.
Opening the door 34, I thanked him. Both my husband and the cat looked up at me. They had a 35 look on their faces. I'd seen that look before. It was the same one my father had on his face, all those years ago...
16. A .at the top of my lung | B .at the top of my voices | ||
C. at the top of my lungs | D .at the top of the voice | ||
17. A . that | B. which | C. when | D. where |
18. A. a trap | B. a broom | C. a stick | D. a stool |
19. A. cheering | B. urging | C. encouraging | D. calling |
20. A. caught | B. cornered | C. beaten | D. killed |
21. A. left out | B. let out | C. sent out | D. shouted out |
22. A. five | B. four | C. three | D. six |
23. A. pulled down | B. pulled away | C. pulled at | D. pulled off |
24. A. in surprise | B. in disappointment | C. with pleasure | D. in defeat |
25. A. taught | B. fed | C. trained | D. educated |
26. A. while | B. as | C. when | D. until |
27. A screamed | B. escaped | C. froze | D. stood |
28. A. called | B. shouted | C. screamed | D. whispered |
29. A. in | B. after | C. with | D. for |
30. A. the cry | B. the shout | C. the scream | D. the squeal |
31. A. have | B. let | C. get | D. make |
32. A. through | B. into | C. across | D. cross |
33. A. saving | B. catching | C. helping | D. killing |
34. A. in the way | B. on the way | C. all the way | D. by the way |
35. A. disappointed | B. surprised | C. familiar | D. puzzled |