题目内容：

Some years ago on a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a ____ in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the ____ water, he ran out of the back door. He flew into the water, not ____ that an alligator （鳄鱼）was swimming toward the ____. His mother in the house was ____ of the window and saw the alligator  ___ it got closer and closer. In fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as ____ as she could.

Hearing her voice, the little boy became ____ and made a return to swim to his mother. It was too ____. Just as he reached her, the alligator ____ him. From the shore, the mother grasped her little boy by the arms just as the alligator grasped his legs. The alligator was much ____ than the mother, but the mother was much too struggling to let the boy go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her ____, raced from his truck, took aim and ____ the alligator.

___, after weeks in the hospital, the little boy ____. His legs were scarred by the animal and, on his arms, were  ___ scratches where his mother’s fingernails scratched. A newspaper reporter, who ____ the boy, asked if he would show him his ____. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious ____, he said to the reporter, “Bot look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn’t let me go. They are my mother’s ____ for me.”

1.A. skate    B. surprise    C. swim    D. show

2.A. hot    B. cool    C. polluted    D. boiled

3.A. forgetting    B. remembering    C. realizing    D. ignoring

4.A. roadside    B. entrance    C. exit    D. shore

5.A. looking out    B. giving out    C. picking out    D. getting out

6.A. if    B. as    C. but    D. so

7.A. politely    B. angrily    C. loudly    D. gently

8.A. interested    B. tired    C. moved    D. alarmed

9.A. late    B. funny    C. kind    D. nice

10.A. reached    B. saved    C. helped    D. loosed

11.A. younger    B. heavier    C. stronger    D. cleverer

12.A. smile    B. reading    C. cheers    D. screams

13.A. shot    B. raised    C. missed    D. visited

14.A. Generally    B. Luckily    C. Honestly    D. Actually

15.A. died    B. survived    C. appeared    D. disappeared

16.A. nice    B. tall    C. expensive    D. deep

17.A. told    B. doubted    C. interviewed    D. warned

18.A. power    B. scars    C. ability    D. spots

19.A. pride    B. failure    C. success    D. progress

20.A. experience    B. story    C. wish    D. love