阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项 (A，B，C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his  1time, he likes to get out in the country and take some  2of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his  3. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him  4he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which  5to his uncle in the afternoon. They  6the night there, so that they could  7out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm  8the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember  9he was. He turned over  10and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 11that he was at the  12and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got  13quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the  14. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It  15good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk  16, because they didn’t want to  17up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle  18hot coffee and took some sandwiches  19Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera  20and started out.

1.A. busy      B. spare       C. enough           D. limited

2.A. foods          B. drawings    C. paintings        D. pictures

3.A. trips          B. buses       C. holidays         D. mountains

4.A. after          B. when         C. until            D. unless

5.A. led            B. stuck       C. got          D. belonged

6.A. cost           B. spent       C. slept       D. took

7.A. start          B. begin       C. walk        D. step

8.A. telephone      B. machine     C. bell             D. clock

9.A. where     B. how         C. who         D. what

10.A. quickly       B. sleepily         C. quietly          D. suddenly

11.A. imagined      B. pronounced       C. forgot           D. remembered

12.A. mountain      B. town        C. farm             D. station

13.A. dressed  B. ordered     C. eaten            D. prepared

14.A. bathroom      B. kitchen          C. dining-room      D. sitting-room

15.A. seemed   B. felt             C. tasted      D. smelled

16.A. many     B. soundly          C. much             D. highly

17.A. wake          B. go          C. put              D. come

18.A. of       B. with             C. in               D. by

19.A. that          B. what        C. after            D. before

20.A. cover         B. supply           C. operator         D. equipment

 — Where have you been?           

   — I got stuck in the heavy traffic, or I ________ here earlier.

A. had arrived       B. would have come C. would come    D. was

 —What do you think of their marriage?

  —______, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.

A. Generally speaking    B. I have no idea       C. To be honest D. To my surprise

 Americans eat _______ vegetables each person today as they did 20 years ago..

A. twice as many   B. many as twice  C. as many twice      D. as twice many

 — Would you allow me ________ here?      

— Sorry. We don’t permit _________ in the lab.

A. smoking; smoking  B. to smoke; to smoke  C. smoking; to smoke D. to smoke; smoking

 — Do you know where David is? I couldn’t find him anywhere. 

— Well. He ________ have gone far — his coat is still here.

A. shouldn’t        B. mustn’t     C. can’t           D. wouldn’t   

 Sara hopes to become a friend of _________ shares her interests.  

A. anyone            B. no matter who   C. whoever     D. whomever

 He has some doubt ________ he will succeed in his research work.

A. whether           B. weather      C. which        D. that

 _________ is known to all, the moon travels round the earth once every month.

   A. It                    B. As               C. That                 D. What

 Sorry, I am late. I ______ have turn off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again.

A.might             B. should           C. need             D. would