阅读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A man walked in the desert(沙漠)for two days. He ______ a sand storm during the trip. After the sand storm, he lost the sense of ______. While he was unable to hold on, he suddenly found a small old house. He pulled his ______ body into the house. There was only some wood inside. He walked to the corner hopelessly, but suddenly ______ a water pump.
Excitedly, he went to draw water(抽水), ______ he couldn’t pump water no matter how hard he tried. He sat on the ground ______. Just at that time, he saw a small bottle with a cork(瓶塞). There was a yellow ______ posted on the bottle, which read, “You must put the water into the pump before you can draw water! Don’t ______, before you leave, refill it with water!” He pulled the cork and found the bottle was really filled with water! He could hardly believe his ______.
At this moment, he thought, “If I only think about myself, as long as I drink the water in the bottle, I can be ______ to go out of this desert! If I do as the note told to put the only water into the pump and the water can’t come back, I will be ______ to death. Will I take the risk or not?”
Finally, he made a ______ to do what the note told him and began to draw water with his shaking hands. Sure enough, the water really ______!
After he drank enough water, he filled the bottle with water. He enveloped(封住)it with the cork and ______ his words after the note, “Believe me, it’s really ______. You should learn to pay before you get it!”
1.A.met | B.missed | C.avoided | D.expected |
2.A.touch | B.taste | C.humour | D.direction |
3.A.light | B.tired | C.perfect | D.strong |
4.A.started | B.repaired | C.controlled | D.discovered |
5.6.A.sadly | B.happily | C.carefully | D.patiently |
7.8.A.cry | B.lie | C.shout | D.forget |
9.A.luck | B.success | C.ability | D.trouble |
10.A.weak | B.alive | C.awful | D.nervous |
11.A.lonely | B.angry | C.thirsty | D.hungry |
12.A.wish | B.rule | C.mess | D.decision |
13.A.came out | B.dried up | C.cooled down | D.ran away |
14.A.sent | B.passed | C.added | D.repeated |
15.A.funny | B.useful | C.wrong | D.strange |