I lived on a farm with my parents and my elder brothers and sisters when I was a little boy. We had the 31 to play and run wherever we wanted to go.
We often 32 games just by pretending we were cowboys. Sometimes we played hide-and-seek. One of us would 33 and the others would come and find him. I remember one 34 I hid behind some old wood in the cottage. All was 35 . I couldn’t hear a sound, just the wind 36 . The situation became tense (紧张的) 37 the possibility of someone finding me, and the longer I 38 , the more tense I became. 39 , I heard footsteps coming down the yard. My 40 beat fast and I stood 41 , frozen like a block of ice. I saw my brother getting closer and closer. When he saw me, he laughed 42 , shouting at the top of his voice so that 43 could hear him say, “Eh, I’ve 44 our Tommy!” I can still see the 45 on his face today. Afterwards he said he didn’t think I would hide there. I said, “Why, it’s a good place, isn’t it?”
I don’t have any 46 of these events, just memories, as we had no camera at that time. 47 it was a long time ago, I can see them as if they 48 yesterday.
Now I live in town on a busy street. My girls don’t have the freedom that we 49 have to run off down the road and play whatever they want. Anyway, is it 50 to let children out of sight these days?
31. A. right B. pride C. freedom D. confidence
32. A. set up B. worked out C. helped out D. made up
33. A. disappear B. hide C. leave D. run
34. A. time B. thing C. place D. period
35. A. dark B. beautiful C. silent D. colorful
36. A. flying B. blowing C. flowing D. changing
37. A. because of B. except for C. according to D. instead of
38. A. expected B. slept C. moved D. waited
39. A. At last B. In time C. At times D. Once again
40. A. hand B. mind C. heart D. face
41. A. hard B. still C. tall D. straight
42. A. softly B. loudly C. sadly D. confusedly
43. A. nobody B. someone C. everyone D. anyone
44. A. found B. attracted C. met D. touched
45. A. spirit B. color C. feel D. look
46. A. photos B. proofs C. notes D. diaries
47. A. Because B. Although C. Unless D. As
48. A. appeared B. showed C. happened D. existed
49. A. ought to B. set to C. had to D. used to
50. A. funny B. safe C. bad D. strange
31-35 CDBAC 36-40 BADAC 41-45 BBCAD 46-50 ABCDB