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、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to a quiet evening. My husband wouldn’t come back until late and I had 1to sit down in a comfortable armchair in the living room and read a book. I 2the children to bed early and 3a cold supper and some coffee. Soon I was sitting comfortably with a plate 4with food before me and a book at my side.
I was just beginning to eat when the telephone rang. I put down my knife and fork and hurried to 5it. By the time I got back to the living room, my coffee 6cold. After I finished my 7I began to drink my coffee with my book 8at page one. Suddenly there was a 9at the door. It gave me such a great surprise that I spilt the 10and made an ugly stain（污迹）on my skirt. Some stranger had got 11and wanted me to show him the way. It 12ages to get rid of him. At last I 13to sit down again and actually read a whole page without any more interruption until the baby woke up. He began crying loudly and I rushed upstairs. The baby was 14awake at eleven o'clock when my husband came home. I should have cried myself when he asked me if I had a(n) 15evening！
1.A. decided B. started C. come D. hurried
2.A. put B. made C. threw D. allowed
3.A. boiled B. heated C. cooked D. prepared
4.A. full B. filled C. filling D. to be filled
5.A. receive B. accept C. answer D. reply
6.A. was getting B. had got C. would get D. got
7.A. supper B. drinking C. reading D. coffee
8.A. opening B. opened C. open D. being opened
9.A. stranger B. loud knock C. dog D. man
10.A. food B. supper C. coffee D. plate
11.A. lost B. gone C. missing D. disappeared
12.A. cost B. spent C. paid D. took
13.A. tried B. hoped C. managed D. decided
14.A. already B. still C. possibly D. almost
15.A. pleasant B. exciting C. friendly D. lonely
1.Their ________ (behave) toward me shows that they don’t like me.
2.It was ________ (consider) of you not to play the piano while I was asleep.
3.The system will have to be tested before it goes into ________ (produce).
4.All ________ (fly) have been cancelled because of the heavy fog.
5.Only a small ________ (minor) of students are interested in studying abroad nowadays.
6.Xiao Li works very hard. ________ (fortune), he fell ill and missed the final exams.
7.According to official ________ (统计数据), the H1N1 virus killed over 2,000 people altogether.
8.The university attracts thousands of students of various ________ (国籍) every year.
9.He gave no ________ (解释) for what he had done that night.
10.I bought a model of the Eiffel Tower as a ________ (纪念品) of my tour to Paris.
When _____ if he had seen her, Mattew just shook his head.
A. asking B. asked C. being asked D. being asking
Speaking of the songs he has written, I think this is probably his _____ one.
A. better-known B. well-known C. best-known D. most-known
A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles to the east of the city, _____ all on board.
A. killed B. killing C. kill D. to kill
By the year 1889, there were just 541 bison in the whole of North America.
A. leaving alive B. to leave alive C. to be left alive D. left alive
