完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A little boy named Harry became very ill. He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling 1 and blue.
There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the 2 . Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange 3 in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage sandwich. The penguin got in 4 the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and __5 quickly.
Of course, Harry was very 6 . He was still trying to work out what had happened. Outside his window he saw a monkey busy blowing up a balloon. At first Harry asked himself 7 that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy-looking 8 appeared outside the window, he couldn’t help 9 and found it hard to stop.
An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a 10 way. The little boy didn’t tell anyone about this. Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had 11 so much that he was able to go back to school again.
There he told his classmates all that he had 12 . While he was talking to his best friend, he saw __13 coming out of his friend’s school bag. Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that 14 his friend had to show him what was in the bag.
There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to 15 the little boy!
And from that day on, Harry always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.
1. A. happy B. sad C. excited D. cool
2. A. roof B. hole C. window D. wall
3. A. photo B. painting C. sign D. shape
4. A. above B. below C. over D. through
5. A. left B. slept C. flew D. drove
6. A. annoyed B. surprised C. bored D. tired
7. A. what B. which C. when D. where
8. A. people B. students C. children D. characters
9. A. crying B. laughing C. running D. coughing
10. A. funny B. rude C. dull D. strict
11. A. grown B. improved C. increased D. developed
12. A. acted B. heard C. experienced D. dreamed
13. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
14. A. quickly B. suddenly C. immediately D. finally
15. A. cheer up B. give up C. make up D. put up