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
— Where have you been?
— I got stuck in the heavy traffic, or I ________ here earlier.
A. had arrived B. would have come C. would come D. was
—What do you think of their marriage?
—______, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.
A. Generally speaking B. I have no idea C. To be honest D. To my surprise
Americans eat _______ vegetables each person today as they did 20 years ago..
A. twice as many B. many as twice C. as many twice D. as twice many
— Would you allow me ________ here?
— Sorry. We don’t permit _________ in the lab.
A. smoking; smoking B. to smoke; to smoke C. smoking; to smoke D. to smoke; smoking
— Do you know where David is? I couldn’t find him anywhere.
— Well. He ________ have gone far — his coat is still here.
A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t C. can’t D. wouldn’t
