Question

       Maureen stood by the lake．Suddenly the children came running through the trees with sharp cries of ___1___．They rushed up to the lake, leaning over the clear water, watching the crowds of tiny fish．Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats, but ___2__ those who had been left behind at the ice-cream stall（小攤） came running up to make some announcement or other, and they all ___3___ the water and dashed back the ___4___ they had come．With growing excitement, Maureen ___5___ them．

       When she saw what had been running for, she stopped running．They were ___6___ things again．The toy stall was open and they were crowded around it．Behind the ___7___ a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish．She took ___8___ from the forest of small hands in exchanging for little boats, plastic dolls, yellow pencils, anything．Maureen leaned against a ___9___, looking on．The idea of ___10___ washed against her face like a strong current, trying to draw her in．

       Nona Parker pushed out to the edge of the group and laid what she had bought on the ground so that she could see what money she had left in her white purse．Under Maureen’s ___11___ lay a boat, a mouth organ（口琴） and a brown load of bread．Maureen was so full of the ___12___ for the things like that she couldn’t bear to look at it．She turned her ___13___ sharply．Her face was against the tree．She shut her eyes and ___14___ eagerly for some money, for the price of a set toy plates．In a moment, she opened her eyes, but she didn’t turn back to the stall．It was too ___15___ to see the others buying whatever they wanted．She rubbed almost round the tree, her eyes on the ground．

1．A．fright                B．surprise             C．shout               D．excitement

2．A．what’s worse        B．a(chǎn)ll at once          C．a(chǎn)ll the time           D．more or less

3．A．left                B．polluted             C．painted             D．entered

4．A．street                B．way               C．boat                 D．restaurant

5．A．ran after            B．searched for       C．glared at              D．got rid of

6．A．destroying             B．stealing             C．buying             D．eating

7．A．toy                B．stall               C．building               D．mirror

8．A．fish                B．a(chǎn)dvice               C．money              D．food

9．A．tree                B．wall               C．stall               D．car

10．A．leaving            B．running             C．sleeping            D．spending

11．A．feet                 B．eyes               C．shoulder              D．hands

12．A．edge                B．tiredness           C．wish                 D．relation

13．A．friend              B．suggestion         C．way                 D．head

14．A．went               B．stood             C．prayed               D．searched

15．A．painful             B．nervous             C．enjoyful             D．near-sighted

Answer 1

1—5 DBABA     6—10 CBCAD       11—15 BCDCA