题目内容：

    Cruz Gent, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn't agree. Were the ______ out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So on a ______ January evening last year, the two friends _____  onto the frozen pond near their homes to get a better ______.

First they threw a rock onto the ice to test it. Then they stepped on it. Convinced the ice would _____  their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then... FOOMP. He crashed through the ______ frozen surface. Instantly Cruz rushed to help his ______ friend. FOOMP — the pond swallowed him too.

Cruz _____ to lift himself out of the icy water and onto a more solid section. He then ______ worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn't hold, and he fell in again. This time, he couldn't get out.

The boys were up to their necks in the cold water and quickly ______ feeling in their arms and legs. Any chance of their freeing themselves was slipping away. Cruz was sure he was going to ______.

Anthony's older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and ______ screaming for help. John Lavin, a ______ driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly ______. Seeing the boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy (浮标), ______ his shoes, and ran into the icy water, making his way through the ice with his free fist. Finally, Lavin got close to Cruz and Anthony and pulled them back to   ____. They were taken to the hospital, where ____ discovered that their five-minute stay in the water had   ____ their body temperature nearly ten degrees._____, the boys have fully recovered, but they are still impressed by their ______ neighbor. "Just think," says Cruz, "if he hadn't been there, I could have died."

1.A. birds B. boys C. weeds D. plants

2.A. warm B. cloudy C. freezing D. sunny

3.A. climbed B. fell C. dropped D. stepped

4.A. smell B. look C. taste D. sound

5.A. gain B. keep C. hold D. measure

6.A. firmly B. seemingly C. strongly D. solidly

7.A. panicked B. excited C. annoyed D. surprised

8.A. pretended B. managed C. failed D. happened

9.A. gratefully B. quietly C. cautiously D. lazily

10.A. making B. enjoying C. getting D. losing

11.A. disappear B. float C. die D. survive

12.A. stopped B. started C. avoided D. delayed

13.A. neighbor B. stranger C. relative D. classmate

14.A. gave in B. drove off C. jumped up D. pulled over

15.A. put on B. kicked off C. showed off D. handed on

16.A. land B. earth C. water D. pond

17.A. workers B. assistants C. doctors D. patients

18.A. lowered B. controlled C. recorded D. raised

19.A. Hopefully B. Unforgettably C. Interestingly D. Fortunately

20.A. polite B. fearless C. generous D. innocent