题目内容：

 

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

       In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl   1to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl   2the mother would not return to her eggs and she   3to take them home．There she carefully   4the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days   5the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   6．

       Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother． 7, to these young geese, the girl was their mother．

       As they   8, the girl was able to   9her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   10．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   11and in her dreams．Later, she had an   12: She would pilot a plane to guide them in   13．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．

       Caring about   14safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not __15__ or follow him, and   16slept in the grass．

       One day, the girl   17into the plane, started it and soon left the   18．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   19flapped（拍打） their wings and   20．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．

1.A．managed                  B．attempted            C．happened             D．supposed

2.A．realized                    B．expected              C．imagined             D．admitted

3.A．helped                     B．decided               C．afforded              D．meant

4.A．placed                     B．protected             C．treated                D．examined

5.A．ago                         B．out                      C．later                    D．long

6.A．family                     B．lake                     C．home                  D．world

7.A．But                         B．Also                    C．Thus                   D．Still

8.A．increased                 B．improved             C．rose                    D．grew

9.A．ask                         B．lead                     C．want                   D．allow

10.A．fly                         B．race                    C．swim                  D．sing

11.A．asleep                    B．away                   C．around                D．awake

12.A．idea                       B．opinion                C．explanation          D．excuse

13.A．sky                       B．space                  C．flight                   D．plane

14.A．his                        B．her                      C．their                    D．its

15.A．respect                  B．remember            C．recognize            D．receive

16.A．so                         B．instead                C．hardly                 D．too

17.A．climbed                 B．looked                 C．reached               D．fell

18.A．house                    B．floor                   C．water                  D．ground

19.A．secretly                 B．disappointedly     C．patiently              D．eagerly

20.A．looked away           B．set out                 C． went by             D．turned back