题目内容：

Mum said they might not be back until after eleven. My brother Greg and I ____ to play hide -and- seek (捉迷藏). But there was not much _____ except in the front room. The ____ was that we were not allowed in there by ourselves.______, we just took the risk.

Once there, both of us were cautious and moved about ______ for some while. Then, when I hid behind a tapestry(壁毯), ______ by my brother, I jumped out. With a sense of ______, I felt my right elbow (手肘) striking (撞击) something hard. We heard a crash. Even ______ we dared to look, we knew that the vase lay broken.

When Mum and Dad came home and viewed the pieces, we knew any ______ would only serve to fuel their anger. Mum ordered us to sit on the bare floor, beside the ruin. She cried, “How _____ the two of you have done this?” Greg and I, too ______ to cry, could voice no answer. After a while, she ______ us and stayed there alone by herself, much like a statue.

Greg and I ______ throughout that night, struggling to decide what we might do to ______for it. We hoped with the money we had saved we might just have ______ to buy a vase. The next day, we set off to search ______ every local shop until we found a good copy.

When we ______ home in silence, we ______ Mum and Dad with what we’d bought. Dad ______ out, took it from Greg and then passed it to Mum. She sighed, “You broke our Ming vase.” But we believed they knew we were ______.

1.A. decided    B. expected    C. pretended    D. happened

2.A. time    B. space    C. light    D. work

3.A. puzzle    B. reason    C. problem    D. answer

4.A. Besides    B. Instead    C. Therefore    D. Anyway

5.A. freely    B. quickly    C. excitedly    D. carefully

6.A. heard    B. followed    C. discovered    D. taken

7.A. excitement    B. horror(惊恐)    C. joy    D. disappointment

8.A. after    B. before    C. when    D. until

9.A. permission    B. information    C. explanation    D. instruction

10.A. must    B. might    C. could    D. would

11.A. polite    B. frightened    C. angry    D. stupid

12.A. questioned    B. answered    C. dismissed(打发走)    D. comforted

13.A. slept    B. listened    C. worked    D. talked

14.A. make up    B. carry on    C. look after    D. get away

15.A. more    B. enough    C. less    D. some

16.A. after    B. through    C. with    D. for

17.A. remained    B. stayed    C. arrived    D. left

18.A. spared    B. served    C. connected    D. presented

19.A. came    B. reached    C. watched    D. cried

20.A. sorry    B. proud    C. delighted    D. amused