完形填空When I was a little girl, there was the magic of Mercurochrome (红药水). It was good for cuts, scra

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a little girl, there was the magic of Mercurochrome (红药水). It was good for cuts, scratches (抓痕), or other ____21____. My brother and I tested and ____22____ the powers of Mercurochrome many years ago.
It was summer and hot. Mama was not feeling well and had become ____23____ tired. She told us that she was going to ____24____ on her bed. Only a few minutes had passed when Ronnie ____25____ a scratch on his knee that needed immediate ____26____. We tiptoed(踮脚走) into Mama’s room and asked her if we could put Mercurochrome on Ronnie’s scratch. ____27____on her back, Mama had fallen into a deep sleep and made no answer.
We stole into the bathroom, took the Mercurochrome and ____28____ Ronnie’s knee. Undoubtedly, he immediately began to feel better. ____29____, we tiptoed into Mama’s room to show her that we had taken care of our scratches without ____30____ her. But she was in sound sleep. Then we whispered that _________31_________ Mama didn’t feel well, perhaps Mercurochrome would make her feel ____32____.
Twenty minutes ____33____, we painted every scratch and every freckle(雀斑)of Mama’s skin. She had Mercurochrome ____34____ her legs, arms and face. At Ronnie’s encouraging, we ____35____ tried to paint her fingernails and toenails.
When Mama screamed in ____36____, we knew that she was awake. With all the ____37____, it didn’t seem at first that she was feeling better, ____38____she burst into laughter as she stared at her image in the mirror.
We laughed a lot the next few days. If anyone had asked us, we would have ____39____ that Mama had been cured by the ____40____ of Mercurochrome.
21. A. matters B. worries C. troubles D. wounds
22. A. marked B. proved C. collected D. ignored
23 A. suddenly B. gradually C. hardly D. extremely
24. A. lie down B. settle down C. go down D. look down
25. A. doubted B. learnt C. noticed D. recognized
26. A. service B. attention C. advice D. study
27. A. Round B. Tight C. Wide D. Flat
28. A. painted B. designed C. completed D. decorated
29. A. Politely B. Proudly C. Carelessly D. Properly
30. A. pleasing B. bothering C. exciting D. worrying
31. A. before B. unless C. until D. since
32. A. better B. rarer C. worse D. stranger
33. A. earlier B. ago C. later D. ahead
34. A. in B. on C. over D. under
35. A. always B. ever C. even D. only
36. A. disappointment B. shame C. horror D. excitement
37. A. laughing B. talking C. screaming D. joking
38. A. so B. although C. because D. but
39. A. pretended B. expected C. insisted D. accepted
40. A. story B. reality C. secret D. magic
【答案】21. D    22. B    23. D    24. A    25. C    26. B    27. D    28. A    29. B    30. B    31. D    32. A    33. C    34. B    35. C    36. C    37. C    38. D    39. C    40. D
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