题目内容：

 

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、 B、 C 和 D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the United States there was an unusual tale 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 12She 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 15or 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. heaven    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. pound

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

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