题目内容：

Nicholas Rilling is a bright-eyed, active 5-year-old boy, normal in every way. What is ____ is that he’s that way today after three days’ ____ that happened because of his being underwater without ____ for some 8 minutes.

It was Oct， 17. The Maryland family were enjoying a vacation at a beach resort (旅游胜地) in Puerto Rico. The shallow (浅的) water suggested no ____ . But after a while when Kent Rilling ____ , he couldn’t find his son Nick!

The sunlight dancing on the water made it difficult for Kent to see where his son was. After an anxious and hurried ____ up and down, he suddenly found his son ____ face-up on the bottom, his eyes open, his body ____ .

“He just looked gray and his ____ black,” Kent said. “We picked him up, ran him up to the ____ and just started CPR (心肺复苏) at once.”

For three days in hospital, Nick ____ unconscious (无意识的), his breathing assisted by a breathing machine. The whole time, from the beginning when her husband brought Nick to the beach to give first aid (急救) as a crowd of other ____ gathered around, Cynthia Rilling kept taking pictures and videos of what was going on.

“ ____ as I was, I knew in my heart he was going to ____ . There was no way God was going to take our son from us. And I just said, ‘I am going to take pictures so he can see the ____ he went through when he grows older.’”

The family kept praying at his bedside, talking to him, hoping for a ____ . Finally, on the fourth day, when his parents asked him what ____ he liked, “Sponge Bob Square Pants,” he answered.

After five days, Nick was well enough to be discharged from hospital, showing no ill ____ from his ____ experience. The doctors and nurses organized a “____ party” for him, and Nick was happy to watch his Sponge Bob Square Pants on TV.

1.A. unusual    B. frightening    C. common    D. obvious

2.A. illness    B. unconsciousness    C. coach    D. treatment

3.A. help    B. food    C. care    D. oxygen

4.A. danger    B. interest    C. difficulty    D. fish

5.A. turned up    B. looked up    C. stayed up    D. got up

6.A. search    B. hike    C. invitation    D. rescue

7.A. swimming    B. sinking    C. floating    D. flowing

8.A. rare    B. fancy    C. brief    D. still

9.A. legs    B. eyes    C. lips    D. hands

10.A. boat    B. beach    C. carpet    D. hospital

11.A. remained    B. became    C. turned    D. went

12.A. doctors    B. couples    C. friends    D. vacationers

13.A. Angry    B. Excited    C. Sad    D. Hopeful

14.A. pretend    B. recover    C. form    D. appreciate

15.A. fun    B. luck    C. operation    D. experience

16.A. speech    B. response    C. laugh    D. look

17.A. book    B. friend    C. toy    D. cartoon

18.A. effects    B. evidence    C. importance    D. injuries

19.A. disappointing    B. interesting    C. near-death    D. favorite

20.A. reunion    B. birthday    C. rebirth    D. dinner