题目内容：

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

The Little Boat That Sailed Through Time

Ever since I was a 10-year-old child, the idea about depending upon myself has come into my mind though I couldn’t really understand it.

At the mountain       in Western Norway where my mother was born, I spent the summer of my childhood.       my grandfather had to work all day himself, he could spare me time.

I still remembered that day. “Come, I have a toy boat for you.” A voice came into my ear. I followed him to a workroom       . However, nothing like that was there       a block of wood. “Is that the boat......?” I asked curiously. “No one can give you what you do for       . With your own hands, you’ll make it out of the wood. Then it’ll be the best boat in your heart.” Finally, I finished it with his help. Seeing the boat    in the lake Storvassdal, I felt       and thought everything around nicer.

Good times don’t last long. I had to       to America. Feeling sad, I hid my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal. Moreover, I didn’t know that was the       time I saw my grandfather.

    Years later, I returned to the mountain farm with parents and children. I searched for my boat, but      . I was about to give up       I touched something different under a big rock. Luckily, I found the boat which      grandfather and me. Holding it, I felt my grandfather was there and we       were together again.

    As time went by, each time I held the boat, I carved（刻） the year. My grandfather seemed      . I went on the last trip to the farm with my granddaughter. High in the mountain, I hope they would understand the importance of the boat and its simple       of self-reliance.（自立）

1.A. lake         B. farm          C. village      D. river

2.A. But          B. Until         C. Though     D. If

3.A. excitedly     B. frightenedly    C. unhappily   D. unwillingly

4.A. with         B. except        C. without     D. besides

5.A. myself       B. yourselves     C. yourself     D. himself

6.A. falling       B. floating        C. swimming   D. jumping

7.A. proud        B. terrible        C. worried     D. interested

8.A. walk         B. come         C. return       D. leave

9.A. final         B. first          C. next        D. another

10.A. succeeded    B. failed        C. lost         D. worked

11.A. while        B. when        C. as          D. for

12.A. connected    B. mixed        C. separated    D. contacted

13.A. two         B. three          C. four        D. five

14.A. far          B. alive         C. near        D. living

15.A. news       B. message       C. word        D. sign