题目内容：

 

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四处选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    A cat which became famous in Britain for riding on the buses around the southern English city of Plymouth has died after being killed by a car.

    Casper, a 12 -year-old black and white cat,   1leave his house, trotted （慢跑） across the street to the bus stop, queued with bus passengers and'waited for his 2．He then hopped（跳跃） on the number3 bus to find his  3seat to curl up on before hopping off at his 4．The cat was so clever that he knew  5stop to get off and drivers made sure that he wouldn' t get off at some random（随意的）   6．Also, the cat seemed to know where to get back  7, and then he trotted off home．Many local people also knew Casper, who loved everyone and also enjoyed the 8ourneys, It seemed that 12 -year-old Casper had discovered a very efficient way to 9the English city of  Plymouth in his golden years．

    However, one day ,   10a motorist hit him and did not stop．Casper was then, in fact, crossing the street to lcatch his usual No．3 bus   11he was struck by the car．Our friend, Caspar ___12his injuries．On hearing the news of his death, many people were 13. A company spokesman said in a statement that Casper _14_ many people' s lives and clearly had a very  15life traveling around Plymouth．He also suspected that Casper was telling all the other cats in the heaven a bout the many  16_he had experienced． 

    Casper' s owner, 55 -year - old Susan Finden, said he had always been a free spirit and was named   17the cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost, because of his habit of 18off．Finden ．posted a sign at Casper' s bus stop to let people know, that they' d no longer be enjoying the company of the cat of whom they'd grown so  19．

    Casper was a special cat and he had a wonderful life．A  20of the cat will continue to be used on one of the company' s buses. He will be missed for ever.

1.A．used to          B．liked to                         C．hated to  D．had to

2.A．time             B．turn                             C．place      D．order

3.A．best             B．favpritest                       C． most     D．favorite

4.A．destination     B．determination                    C．decision           D．description

5.A．where            B．at which                         C．what       D．in which

6.A．station          B．stop           C．spot           D．scene

7.A．up               B．down           C．off            D．on     

8.A．bus              B．car            C．rail           D．air

9.A．get across      B．get through                      C．get down           D．get around

10.A．sadly          B．luckily        C．happily        D．strangely

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

12.A．died off       B．died from                        C．died down D．died away

13.A．shocked         B．interested                       C．surprised      D．excited

14.A．changed         B．touched                          C．turned         D．challenged

15.A．discouraging                      B．discouraged                  C．excited     D．exciting

16.A．adventures     B．accidents                        C．friends        D．incidents

17.A．by              B．from          C．through                      D．after

18.A．wondering       B．wandering                        C．cutting            D．going

19.A．familiar                          B．similar                      C．fond         D．popular

20.A．picture        B．signal                           C．movie      D．card