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)中,选出最佳选项。
Five-year-old Marry loved to play in the street with her friends. This made her parents __41__. They did __42__ to keep her off the street. __43__, day after day they found her out there. Thankfully, the street wasn’t very __44__. But it was often traveled by soldiers and sometimes they would drive very fast.
Every time he drove by the lifeless animal that had __45__ in the road, Steven __46__ think of his daughter. And so he continued trying to teach her the __47__— with little __48__. Then one day as Steven was driving home, he saw something that helped __49__ an idea, which became an action by the time he got home. He walked over to where Marry was playing.
“Come on, sweetheart,” he said. “You and Daddy are going for a __50__.”
They drove back along the way he had just traveled, finally __51__ just behind a mound (堆) of something.
“What is it, Daddy?” Marry asked as they got out of the __52__.
“Look __53__, but don’t touch it,” Steven said. “Can’t you tell what it is?”
She studied it for a few minutes, unsure of its __54__ until she picked out its familiar ears. “A rabbit! What happened?” Marry asked.
“It was playing in the road, and a car came along and ...”
“... and squished (压扁) it?” Marry broke __55__.
“That’s right,” Steven said. “It got squished because it was playing in the road.”
“Yuck!” Marry said. For the first time, Steven saw __56__ in his daughter’s eyes.
The next evening, when Steven drove by a group of children playing in the street, he __57__ what Marry was shouting from the sidewalk.
“Come on, you guys! Stop playing in the street, __58__ you’ll get squished!”
So, if your message isn’t getting through to others, no matter how many times you __59__ it, you should try something __60__. This is Steven’s lesson.
1.A. disappointed B. worried C. ashamed D. puzzled
2.A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
3.A. Thus B. Still C. Then D. Also
4.A. flat B. dirty C. wide D. busy
5.A. wandered B. banned C. competed D. gathered
6.A. might B. could C. would D. need
7.A. accident B. experience C. lesson D. practice
8.A. success B. hope C. approval D. panic
9.A. create B. discover C. decide D. cause
10.A. walk B. ride C. talk D. visit
11.A. stopping B. passing C. staying D. hiding
12.A. bus B. car C. train D. boat
13.A. quietly B. deliberately C. closely D. steadily
14.A. weight B. color C. identity D. shape
15.A. out B. in C. away D. through
16.A. delight B. understanding C. anger D. regret
17.A. realized B. watched C. heard D. felt
18.A. or B. and C. but D. yet
19.A. represent B. respond C. repeat D. refresh
20.A. funny B. simple C. easy D. different
----The clothes I received are not the same as shown online.
-----_________? But I promise we will see to it right away.
A. Who says B. How come C. What for D. Why worry
It remains to be seen______ the newly formed committee’s policy can be put into practice.
A. that B. which C. what D. whether
It is reported that many a new house ____ at present in the disaster area in Gansu Province.
A. was being built B. were being built
C. is being built D. are being built
They urge the local government that the problem ________ as soon as possible.
A. handles B. could be handled
C. must be handled D. be handled
Lucy found one of her friends had been ________ after she finished the invitations to her wedding party.
A. taken out B. put out C. picked out D. left out