I’ve often puzzled over something that happened to me one winter when I was eight. Over the years I had been wondering if my   31   was nothing more than a kid’s imagination.
There was a   32   near our house. In winter it was the greatest   33   place in the world. One   34   all I wanted to do was go skating. I had been waiting for weeks   35   the water was frozen solid. Mom had one rule: “Never ice-skate alone.” But I couldn’t   36   any longer that afternoon. So I   37   my skates under my coat and ran to the pond. Several people were skating near the shore, and some kids were playing hockey. I was not really  38  .
The hockey game had attracted   39   audience, so I skated in the other direction until their cheering   40  . But another noise came soon. The ice was cracking beneath me. Freezing water   41   my body, and I sank like a rock.  My feet   42   the bottom. Just when I thought I wouldn’t last another   43  , I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Don’t worry,” someone said. I swung my   44   around. I couldn’t see anybody. But I heard the voice again，“Push your feet into the bottom and you’ll shoot straight up to the surface.” I did as I was told and   45  . I crawled to the shore and lay down,   46  . The next thing I knew was people were   47   around me, covering me with coats.
When I awoke, I was home in my own bed. Mom sat next to me,   48   my hand. “I saw nobody there. It must be an angel that came to my  49  .” I said. Mom smiled, “I just thank God you’re safe.”
For a long time I thought I would   50   a more realistic explanation if I just thought hard, but I never did.

A．attention B．behavior C．explanation D．reason

A．river B．pond C．lake D．dam

A．skating B．fishing C．swimming D．skiing

A．afternoon B．morning C．evening D．night

A．after B．until C．as D．if

A．go B．run C．sit D．wait

A．found B．threw C．took D．hid

A．lonely B．single C．alone D．afraid

A．noisy B．happy C．small D．young

A．changed B．disappeared C．increased D．stopped

A．filled B．controlled C．covered D．loaded

A．hit B．dragged C．set D．tapped

A．day B．hour C．minute D．second

A．head B．hand C．arm D．leg

A．left B．succeeded C．tried D．survived

A．worried B．surprised C．excited D．exhausted

A．lying B．standing C．laughing D．crawling

A．raising B．shaking C．holding D．washing

A．place B．mind C．defense D．rescue

A．take up B．make up with C．bring up D．come up with