完形填空。

通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

When I was in the third grade， I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practise my words. But once on the stage， every word _______ from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator (解说者) for the play. ______ I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day， she noticed my ______ and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.

It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英) coming out ______ the grass in bunches (束). I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I’ll remove all these weeds (野草)，” she said. “From now on， we’ll ______ have roses in this garden.”

“But I like dandelions，” I said. “All flowers are ______ — even dandelions!”

My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes， every flower gives pleasure in its own way， doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded(点头). “And the same as ______ ，” she said.

When I ______ that she had guessed my pain， I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator，” she said，______ me of how much I loved to read stories aloud.

Thanks to my mother’s encouragement， I got to know everybody had his or her own ______ in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play.

1.A. developed      B. left          C. failed          D. disappeared

2.A. If           B. Because       C. Though          D. Since

3.A. difficulty     B. mistake      C. danger          D. unhappiness

4.A. through        B. past      C. beyond         D. behind

5.A. hardly          B. only       C. still          D. also

6.A. harmless       B. healthy     C. beautiful     D. fresh

7.A. students        B. people       C. flowers        D. teachers

8.A. remembered     B. realized      C. explained      D. promised

9.A. representing   B. complaining C. recommending    D. reminding

10.A. prize         B. progress    C. value           D. interest

We _________wait until the traffic light turns green when we cross the road.

A. must             B. can

C. need            D. may

— I wonder if this smart phone is Mary’s.

— It _______ belong to her. _______ is totally different from this one.

A. mustn’t; Her           B. can’t; Her

C. can’t; Hers           D. may; Hers

— _______ have you lived in Lanzhou?

— Since my parents found jobs here.

A. How long            B. How far

C. How soon            D. How old

Helen is friendly and she always has a smile _____ her face.

A. on            B. with

C. at               D. for

Wild animals are our friends. We shouldn’t kill them       food or clothing.

A. in                B. with

C. about           D. for

—The exam was very easy, wasn’t it?

—Yes, but not ________ could pass it.

A. somebody             B. anybody

C. nobody             D. everybody

It’s reported that several hundreds of young children have gone _________in our country, and their parents feel very sad about the _______ of them.

A. miss, loss       B. missing, loss

C. missed, loss      D. missing, lost

The old woman has something wrong with her eyes and has to have them______.

A. operated on        B. operated

C. operate             D. operate on

The number of people present at the concert was ________ than we expected.

A. much fewer        B. much smaller

C. much more         D. many more