阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A.B.C.D. 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding. We had to ![]()
a great climbing plant that had grown ![]()
a roof beam （房梁）, so that we could repair the roof and ![]()
the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the ![]()
of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then ![]()
something ![]()
among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his ![]()
,saw glittering gold. It was a child's bracelet （手镯）. With it, he ran into the house to ![]()
me. "You won't ![]()
that the thieving blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we ![]()
to feed on," he said, "but they also want their children to ![]()
in a cradle of gold！"
When my daughter came over on the eve of the ![]()
, we told her about this ![]()
occurrence.
"Don't you remember, Mother?" she said with a loud ![]()
. "When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I ![]()
it a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!"
As the bracelet no longer ![]()
its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.
In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized （受洗礼）. Among the ![]()
the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like
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. I hope that if my grandson ![]()
loses it, one of the ![]()
that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.
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| A．remove |
B．cover |
C．grow |
D．water |
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| A．beyond |
B．over |
C．across |
D．through |
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| A．build |
B．paint |
C．rescue |
D．print |
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| A．nest |
B．baby |
C．body |
D．egg |
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| A．moved |
B．got |
C．picked |
D．noticed |
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| A．nice |
B．colorful |
C．shiny |
D．special |
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| A．horror |
B．surprise |
C．delight |
D．disappointment |
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| A．ask |
B．tell |
C．show |
D．give |
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| A．know |
B．hope |
C．consider |
D．believe |
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| A．buy |
B．plant |
C．store |
D．collect |
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| A．lie |
B．sing． |
C．listen |
D．wait |
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| A．party |
B．Christmas |
C．birthday |
D．wedding |
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| A．important |
B．strange |
C．terrible |
D．funny |
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| A．cry |
B．sigh |
C．laugh |
D．sound |
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| A．hid |
B．threw |
C．lost |
D．broke |
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| A．fitted |
B．satisfied |
C．matched |
D．interested |
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| A．jewels |
B．toys |
C．clothes |
D．presents |
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| A．attractive |
B．new |
C．modern |
D．golden |
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| A．certainly |
B．nearly |
C．surprisingly |
D．unluckily |
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| A．blackbirds |
B．grandchildren |
C．neighbors |
D．mice |
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