阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl 2the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3to take them home．There she carefully 4the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days 5the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6．
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother． 7, to these young geese, the girl was their mother．
As they 8, the girl was able to 9her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 10．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11and in her dreams．Later, she had an 12: She would pilot a plane to guide them in 13．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．
Caring about 14safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not __15__ or follow him, and 16slept in the grass．
One day, the girl 17into the plane, started it and soon left the 18．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 19flapped（拍打） their wings and 20．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．
1.A．managed B．attempted C．happened D．supposed
2.A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
3.A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．meant
4.A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
5.A．ago B．out C．later D．long
6.A．family B．lake C．home D．world
7.A．But B．Also C．Thus D．Still
8.A．increased B．improved C．rose D．grew
9.A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
10.A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
11.A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
12.A．idea B．opinion C．explanation D．excuse
13.A．sky B．space C．flight D．plane
14.A．his B．her C．their D．its
15.A．respect B．remember C．recognize D．receive
16.A．so B．instead C．hardly D．too
17.A．climbed B．looked C．reached D．fell
18.A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
19.A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．eagerly
20.A．looked away B．set out C． went by D．turned back
---The current international financial crisis is affecting most countries in the world．
---Would it be at least several years ____ everything returns to normal?
A．when B．that C．since D．before
____ , the boys were shouting and singing．
A．Happy and excited B．Happily and excited
C．Happily and excitedly D．Happy and excitedly
They appeared ____me, so I had to explain to them．
A．misunderstanding B．misunderstood
C．to be misunderstood D．to have misunderstood
Fans from miles around crowded into the stadium for the concert of Jay Chou on September 4th, 2010,____ are popular with teenagers．
A．many of his songs B．many of whose songs
C．many of which songs D．and many of whose songs
The coffee is wonderful! It doesn’t taste like anything I ____ before．
A．was having B．have C．have ever had D．had ever had
