完形填空。      One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents" old house to get it ready for my youngest
daughter"s wedding. We had to    1   a great climbing plant that had grown across a roof beam (房梁), so that
we could repair the roof and    2   the walls.
     When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a    3   of a blackbird. He then    4   something    5   
among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth    6   it into pieces with his finger tips and,
to his    7  , saw glittering gold. It was a child"s bracelet (手镯). He ran into the house to    8   me.
     "You won"t believe that the    9   blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we plant to feed on," he said,"but
they also want their children to    10   in a cradle (摇篮) of gold!" When my daughter    11   on the eve of the 
  12   ,we told her about this    13   occurrence (事件).
     "Don"t you remember, Mother?" she said with a loud    14   ."When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I   15  a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!"
     As the bracelet no longer    16   its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.
     In December of the following year, the young couple"s baby son was baptized (受洗礼). Among the    17   
the newborn baby received, I placed his mother"s bracelet, now shining like   18 . I hope that if my grandson 
  19   loses it, one of the    20   that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

(     )1. A. remove         (     )2. A. build         (     )3. A. nest           (     )4. A. moved          (     )5. A. nice           (     )6. A. over           (     )7. A. horror         (     )8. A. ask           (     )9. A. working       (     )10. A. lie           (     )11. A. came up       (     )12. A. party         (     )13. A. important     (     )14. A. cry           (     )15. A. hid           (     )16. A. fitted       (     )17. A. jewels       (     )18. A. attractive   (     )19. A. almost       (     )20. A. blackbirds

B. cover         B. paint         B. baby         B. got           B. colorful       B. through        B. surprise       B. shock         B. cheating       B. sing         B. came over      B. Christmas     B. strange       B. sigh           B. threw         B. satisfied     B. toys           B. new           B. just           B. grandchildren

C. grow          C. rescue        C. body          C. picked          C. shiny             C. above           C. delight          C. show          C. dreaming        C. listen             C. came across    C. birthday       C. terrible       C. laugh           C. lost           C. matched         C. clothes         C. modern         C. even          C. neighbors

D. water                 D. print                 D. egg                   D. noticed               D. special               D. around               D. disappointment        D. give                  D. thieving              D. wait                  D. came by               D. wedding               D. frightening           D. sound                 D. broke                 D. interested            D. presents              D. golden                D. ever                  D. mice