阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I have
heard a lot of brave stories in my life. If being brave is as simple as showing
1 during a time of fear, I 2 a time when I had a frightening experience. My family
had just arrived at our holiday house when the 3 came to give us the keys and warned us to4 for wild rodents running around his house. My
parents 5 and said they would 6 the situation if they appear. The 7 of killing something like a mouse 8 entered my mind. Moreover, my father always
came to my 9 if I needed him. When my
parents unpacked our bags, I was watching a movie in my room. Everyone else was
10 so I had to attend to my little brother.
Halfway through the 11,I really
needed to take a bathroom 12 so I walked out of my room leaving him alone
in his baby bed. He disliked it, but I had to be 13 for a moment. "What' s the worst that
could 14 ?” I thought to myself. When I
left the room, my brother began to cry 15 he usually did. However, his crying grew much
louder and fearful, so I hurried back, and was greeted by an 16 furry visitor. “Dad! “I cried, "There is
a rat in my room!” “Kill it!” he 17.“But dad, I
can't.” My mind
went 18 ;I was so frightened. The first thing that I
saw was an umbrella, so I 19 it. I began to hit the rat until it stopped
moving. My parents
were 20that I put my
fear aside to protect my brother. That day, I felt brave.
(1)
A .
progress
B .
intelligence
C .
strength
D .
technique
(2)
A .
think of
B .
think over
C .
think ahead
D .
think through
(3)
A .
landlord
B .
agent
C .
neighbor
D .
colleague
(4)
A .
go out
B .
watch out
C .
drop out
D .
carry out
(5)
A .
coughed
B .
sighed
C .
shook
D .
nodded
(6)
A .
overcome
B .
overlook
C .
handle
D .
ignore
(7)
A .
thought
B .
sense
C .
belief
D .
concept
(8)
A .
always
B .
immediately
C .
gradually
D .
never
(9)
A .
life
B .
help
C .
mind
D .
body
(10)
A .
excited
B .
annoyed
C .
frightened
D .
occupied
(11)
A .
package
B .
story
C .
movie
D .
experience
(12)
A .
break
B .
walk
C .
chance
D .
leave
(13)
A .
courageous
B .
gone
C .
available
D .
lost
(14)
A .
become
B .
strike
C .
happen
D .
arrive
(15)
A .
if
B .
while
C .
till
D .
as
(16)
A .
unaware
B .
unlikely
C .
unreasonable
D .
unexpected
(17)
A .
yelled
B .
said
C .
signed
D .
complained
(18)
A .
pale
B .
blank
C .
red
D .
bad
(19)
A .
threw
B .
brought
C .
seized
D .
kicked
(20)
A .
awkward
B .
proud
C .
afraid
D .
lucky
答案:(1)C;(2)A;(3)A;(4)B;(5)D;(6)C;(7)A;(8)D;(9)B;(10)D;(11)C;(12)A;(13)B;(14)C;(15)D;(16)D;(17)A;(18)B;(19)C;(20)B;