完型填空（共20小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl  36  to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   37  the mother would not return to her eggs and she   38   to take them home. There she carefully   39  the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   40   the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   41 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.   42  , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they   43 , the girl was able to   44  her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   45  . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   46   and in her dreams. Later, she had an   47  : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   48  . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.
Caring about  49  safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not  50  or follow him, and   51  slept in the grass.
One day, the girl  52  into the plane, started it and soon left the   53 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   54  flapped（拍打）their wings and  55  . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
36. A. managed           B. attempted            C. happened        D. supposed
37. A. realized            B. expected             C. imagined        D. admitted
38. A. helped             B. decided              C. afforded         D. meant
39. A. placed             B. protected             C. treated          D. examined
40. A. ago               B. out                  C. later            D. long
41. A. family             B. lake                 C. home           D. world
42. A. But               B. Also                 C. Thus            D. Still
43. A. increased          B. improved             C. rose             D. grew
44. A. ask               B. lead                  C. want            D. allow
45. A. fly               B. race                  C. swim            D. sing
46. A. asleep            B. away                  C. around          D. awake
47. A. idea              B. opinion                C. explanation      D. excuse
48. A. sky               B. heaven                C. flight           D. plane
49. A. his               B. her                   C. their           D. its
50. A. respect            B. remember              C. recognize       D. receive
51. A. so                B. instead                C. hardly          D. too
52. A. climbed           B. looked                 C. reached        D. fell
53. A. house             B. floor                  C. water           D. ground
54. A. secretly            B. disappointedly          C. patiently        D. eagerly
55. A. looked away     B. set out        C. went by        D. turned back