阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从l6-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，  选出最佳选项。

When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays.On the way home, Dad      stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn't     it. but I could pray from the     we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or      and go home empty-handed. That corner     either mouth-watering excitement or     .

    On one special day. we were heading home. and again I was praying for the    sound of his offer. It     . "Would you like an ice cream today?" "That sounds great, Dad!" But then he said, "How would you like to      today?"

    Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊). I could afford it. I got a weekly allowance of 25 cents. plus some      for odd jobs. But      it was my money, ice cream wasn't a good use of it. In a fit of      , I said, "Well, in that case. I guess I'll      ." My father just said, "Okay, Son."

      But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to     . But he just said. "That's okay. We don't really need one." I felt       for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn't mind, or     act disappointedly.

      I     that generosity goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than "thank you". On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the    ice cream I'd ever had.

      I'Il tell you one more thing. We    another trip the next week. As we      the corner, I said, "Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat."

1.A. never                B. hardly          C. frequently       D. strangely

2.A. expect                B. mention        C. wait             D. get

3.A. month                B. day            C. weekend         D. moment

4.A. finish                B. drive           C. tum             D. return

5.A. indicated             B. meant          C. suggested        D. instructed

6.A. anger                B. shame          C. happiness        D. disappointment

7.A.  funny             B. surprising        C. interesting        D. beautiful

8.A. came               B. spoke           C. went             D. flew

9.A. serve               B. treat             C. buy             D. provide

10.A. extra               B. limited          C. little             D. easy

11.A. after                B. while            C. when            D. although

12.A. sadness             B. regret           C. curiosity          D. selfishness

13.A. accept              B.pay              C. pass         '    D. eat

14.A. turn back           B. keep up          C. stop by           D. give in

15.A. unsatisfied         B. awful            C. frightened         D.crazy

16.A. even              B. never            C. only              D. somehow

17.A. knew             B. leamed           C. found             D. acknowledged

18.A. dearest            B. worst            C. cheapest           D. best

19.A. made out          B. prepared for       C. went on            D. took up

20.A. crossed           B. left               C. save               D. approached

When I was young， my father used to grow carnations (康乃馨).His carnations were red， pink and white. Everyone who saw them admired them for their beauty.
He took care of them with so much love and   　36　    . Every day he came home from work， he went   straight    to see them. He 　37　 watching them every day. We the kids did too. But he used to tell us， “No one should touch my flowers.”
One day my younger sister， who loved my dad very much， had wanted to help him and she   　38　     the carnations from their stems (枝干) one by one and arranged them  　39　      . She believed that he would be very   　40　    to see them that way.
When mom and I realized what my sister had done， we became completely hopeless. However， my sister had no idea why no one showed her any appreciation. When my dad arrived he went，　41　， straight to see the flowers. When he saw his flowers    lying     on the floor like dead animals， he was 　42　 at first. He looked towards the street， to see if it was any of the  　43　    children who could have done it. Then he entered the living room and looked at mom in silence.
Finally mom， who always taught us to   　44　    no matter what， looked at dad and said： “We have no bad neighbors in our area”. Then with a nice tone she continued： “No outsider did this great job， only your lovely daughter Clémence.” My dad’s face   changed     into 　45　 and then he said： “Do I have a better   　46　     than my lovely daughter？” My younger sister smiled and  　47　    dad tightly.

We ________ the problem for a long time, but we didn’t reach any agreement.

The human body has hundreds of muscles. The three types are skeletal(骨骼的) muscles, smooth muscles and cardiac, or heart muscles. Each kind of muscle has a special job to do. 

The skeletal muscles are attached to the bones; they actually hold the skeleton together. Strong cords, called tendons(肌腱), help connect these muscles to the bones. Skeletal muscles give us strength and allow us to move in many ways. If you look at skeletal muscles through a microscope, you will see that it has bands of fibers that look like stripes(条纹). These stripes are called striations. Skeletal muscles usually move because the brain has sent a conscious message to them telling them what to do. This is called voluntary movement.

Another type of muscle is smooth muscle. Unlike skeletal muscle, smooth muscle does not have striations. This is found in organs such as the stomach, the bladder(膀胱), the lungs and the eyes. Smooth muscles are smaller than the skeletal muscles and they move involuntarily. The brain tells these muscles what to do, but we aren’t even aware of it. For example, we don’t have to think about breathing or digesting food. The smooth muscles just do their jobs automatically. For this reason smooth muscles are sometimes called involuntary muscles.

Like smooth muscle, cardiac muscle also works involuntarily. It is a very thick muscle that is found only in the walls of the heart. Its job is to pump blood out of the heart and into blood vessels called arteries(动脉). The arteries help carry the blood to all parts of the body. When the cardiac muscles relax, they let blood back into the heart. Cardiac muscles have striations, just like skeletal muscles do.

1.When we _______, the job is done by smooth muscles.

A．close our eyes      B．kick a ball          C．hug our friends     D．lift a suitcase

2.Skeletal muscles and heart muscles are alike because_______.

A．both can move voluntarily

B．both are thick muscles

C．both are bigger than smooth muscles

D．both have stripes called striations

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Heart muscles are very important because they give us strength and allow us to move.

B．The heart of human beings completely consists of heart muscle.

C．The skeletal muscles are connected to the bones by tendons.

D．Smooth muscle does its work without receiving message from the brain.

If we ___ the other road, we might have arrived here in time for meeting.