题目内容：

完形填空

先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need some hearing aid (助听). Not quite sure how to____her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem. The doctor told him there was a simple test the husband could do to give the doctor a better____of her hearing loss.

"Here's what you do," said the doctor. "Stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a____conversational speaking tone (音调) see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on____you get a reply."

That evening, the wife was in the____, and he was in the yard. He said to

himself,"I'm about 40 feet away, and let me see what will happen." Then in a usual tone he asked,"Honey, what's for dinner?"

No____.

So the husband moved closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and

asked,"Honey, what's for dinner?"

____no reply.

Next he moved into the dining room where he was about 20 feet from his wife and____, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

Again he got no reply. He walked up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey,what's for dinner?" Again there was no reply.

So he____right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"

"Chicken! James, for the____time I've said that."

1.A. save    B. help    C. face    D. guide

2.A. choice    B. excuse    C. idea    D. suggestion

3.A. loud    B. strange    C. special    D. usual

4.A. until    B. before    C. when    D. as

5.A. toilet    B. garden    C. kitchen    D. dining room

6.A. dinner    B. way    C. move    D. reply

7.A. Still    B. Even    C. Just    D. Almost

8.A. laughed    B. repeated    C. thought    D. added

9.A. ran    B. stood    C. walked    D. jumped

10.A. second    B. third    C. fourth    D. fifth