题目内容：

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1  to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   2 __ the mother would not return to her eggs and she   3  to take them home. There she carefully   4   the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   5  the 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   9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to  10.  The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   11   and 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   14    safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not  15  or follow him, and   16   slept in the grass.

One day, the girl  17   into the plane, started it and soon left the   18 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   19  flapped（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．heaven         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