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     to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   the mother would not return to her eggs and she     to take them home. There she carefully     the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the     .

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.     , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they     , the girl was able to     her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to     . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when     and in her dreams. Later, she had a(n)     : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.

Caring about     safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not     or follow him, and     slept in the grass.

One day, the girl     into the plane, started it and soon left the     . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds     flapped（拍打）their wings and     . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.

1.A. managed          B. wanted          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. view            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