题目内容：

There comes a time in a person's life when childhood fantasies (幻想) end and reality begins. Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny (复活节兔子)     to be Mum and Dad, and     fade away. I don't know if most people remember this event, but I know     it happened to me.

On a(an)     summer day, my grandfather told me one of his crazy stories. I headed off to     the Indians that grandpa said lived in the woods. But after some hours searching without success I gave up. Tired and     , I went to ask grandpa.

"How come     of your stories ever come true?"

"Well, sometimes you have to make them come true," he answered. "I once had a friend named Huck Finn who made his own adventures."

He     to tell me about his buddy (密友) Huck, who floated down the Mississippi River on a raft. I sat listening to him,     every word he said. When he finished, I went off to have my own     .

Two hours later I had a small and badly made raft. I took it to the     along with a branch from a tree to use as an oar (桨). I couldn't     and had been told many times to stay away from the pond. But today I had the raft so with a big shove; I pushed it out and jumped on top.

I was fine for a total of four seconds; then I started to     .     , I tried to use the branch to paddle (划桨)     in, but     pushed myself farther out. Knowing that I would drown, I did what any other nine-year-old would do in a similar situation: I     ,

From the edge of the pond came my sister and cousins who easily rescued me. As my raft sank,     did my belief in my grandpa. Although I never stopped loving him, something     in our relationship that day.

Looking back now, I can see that the change wasn't in my grandfather, but in me. I was     .

1.A. happen     B. end up   C. work out   D. turn out

2.A. heroes  B. friends   C. memories   D. stories

3.A. how   B. when   C. so        D. clearly

4.A. special  B. interesting  C. hot    D. ordinary

5.A. meet      B. track   C. find    D. check

6.A. unhappy     B. cheated  C. discouraged   D. disappointed

7.A. neither  B. none   C. nothing   D. any

8.A. continued     B. loved   C. started    D. agreed

9.A. doubting     B. believing  C. remembering   D. thinking of

10.A. adventure B. plan   C. raft    D. game

11.A. river  B. waters   C. pond     D. stream

12.A. row      B. swim   C. water    D. bathe

13.A. fall      B. realize   C. fear    D. sink

14.A. Frightened B. Nervous  C. Clear-headed   D. Fighting

15.A. nearer  B. close   C. back    D. up

16.A. then  B. rather   C. right    D. only

17.A. jumped     B. screamed  C. sought help   D. wept

18.A. thus  B. also   C. so        D. such

19.A. changed     B. disappeared C. lost    D. happened

20.A. thinking for myself B. becoming clevererC. growing up D. learning from my experience