Jennifer was sitting on the beach. After all she had
been through, it was just what she needed. It’s getting __31 ,” she
thought. “I should go home.”
She wanted to know how her __32 would
react（反應(yīng)）, when she __33 home
after the three days she was missing（失蹤）.
It was really dark when she finally reached her front
door. It seemed different to her. _34_ had taken care of the outside
garden for __35 days. She was surprised as her father usually
worked hard to keep everything __36 and tidy（整潔的）. She couldn’t understand what was going on.
She entered the _37 _. First, she went into the
kitchen where she saw a note written __38 her father. __39 said,
“Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am out searching(搜尋).” Ellen was her mother, but where was she?
She went to her parents’ room. She found her there.
Her __40 was lying on the bed, fast sleep. Her face looked so _
41 , as if she hadn’t slept for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up
__42 she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep
beside her.
When Jennifer _43_, something was different: she
wasn’t in her mother’s room any more and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she
ran away _ 44 . She was on her own bed.
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a
voice ask, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you __45 us
all very, very worried.”
1. A．early B．late C．warm D．a(chǎn)ngry
2. A．father B．mother C．parents D．teachers
3. A．got B．left C．wanted D．missed
4. A．Everybody B．Somebody C．Anybody D．Nobody
5. A．many B．lots of C．a(chǎn) few D．much
6. A．clean B．dirty C．quiet D．busy
7. A．school B．room C．house D．library
8. A．with B．in C．by D．a(chǎn)t
9. A．They B．It C．He D．She
10. A．mother B．father C．friend D．sister
11. A．happy B．tired C．interested D．relaxed
12. A．a(chǎn)nd B．so C．but D．a(chǎn)lthough
13. A．got up B．woke up C．put up D．clean up
14. A．out B．on C．of D．in
15. A．had B．let C．made D．gave
