题目内容：

    When I was a little girl, there was the magic of Mercurochrome (红药水). It was good for cuts, scratches (抓痕), or other ________. My brother and I tested and ________ the powers of Mercurochrome many years ago.

It was summer and hot. Mama was not feeling well and had become _________ tired. She told us that she was going to ________ on her bed. Only a few minutes had passed when Ronnie ________ a scratch on his knee that needed immediate ________. We tiptoed(踮脚走) into Mama’s room and asked her if we could put Mercurochrome on Ronnie’s scratch. ________on her back, Mama had fallen into a deep sleep and made no answer.

We stole into the bathroom, took the Mercurochrome and ________ Ronnie’s knee. Undoubtedly, he immediately began to feel better. ________, we tiptoed into Mama’s room to show her that we had taken care of our scratches without ________ her. But she was in sound sleep. Then we whispered that __________________ Mama didn’t feel well, perhaps Mercurochrome would make her feel ________.

Twenty minutes ________, we painted every scratch and every freckle(雀斑)of Mama’s skin. She had Mercurochrome ________ her legs, arms and face. At Ronnie’s encouraging, we ________ tried to paint her fingernails and toenails.

When Mama screamed in ________, we knew that she was awake. With all the ________, it didn’t seem at first that she was feeling better, ________she burst into laughter as she stared at her image in the mirror.

We laughed a lot the next few days. If anyone had asked us, we would have ________ that Mama had been cured by the ________ of Mercurochrome.

1.A.matters B.worries C.troubles D.wounds

2.A.marked B.proved C.collected D.ignored

3.A.suddenly B.gradually C.hardly D.extremely

4.A.lie down B.settle down C.go down D.look down

5.A.doubted B.learnt C.noticed D.recognized

6.A.service B.attention C.advice D.study

7.A.Round B.Tight C.Wide D.Flat

8.A.painted B.designed C.completed D.decorated

9.A.Politely B.Proudly C.Carelessly D.Properly

10.A.pleasing B.bothering C.exciting D.worrying

11.A.before B.unless C.until D.since

12.A.better B.rarer C.worse D.stranger

13.A.earlier B.ago C.later D.ahead

14.A.in B.on C.over D.under

15.A.always B.ever C.even D.only

16.A.disappointment B.shame C.horror D.excitement

17.A.laughing B.talking C.screaming D.joking

18.A.so B.although C.because D.but

19.A.pretended B.expected C.insisted D.accepted

20.A.story B.reality C.secret D.magic