通读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出一个最佳答案。

Once again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept   31  _. I had just turned eleven years old the week before. It was almost dark; I was tired, scared, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn    32 _ into the police.

As darkness fell, I made my way over to the city park   33 _ on Park Street. I entered the darkened area and sat down on one of the wooden benches（长凳）.“Well, hello, young man.” A voice came from    34 _ me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. I could feel my heart beating in the side of my neck. I could   35  _ catch my breath. I looked back and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows. She found I was    36 _ because of feeling cold, so she took off her large scarf and covered it   37  _ my shoulders.   38 _ my eyes, she asked me if I need something to eat. After I said “yes”, she held out her hand and told me to take the very letter
  39  _ I was unable to see to the store owner. I looked at her outstretched arm but saw    40 _ in her hand. However, I   41  _ my hands slowly, acting as though I was taking something from her hand.

I came to a store with a   42  _ sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, very slowly I held out my hand which has nothing in it toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something else.   43  _, she immediately turned and walked to the back of the store for the food I need. After that, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park where the old woman was.“Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?” I asked. Without replying to me,__44__     she told me the persons who wanted to help    45 _ in need would never need the magic letter any more. With these words, she stood up, kissed me on the forehead, removed the large scarf from my shoulders and disappeared into the darkness.

31. A. jumping       B. running         C. walking           D. hiking

32. A. himself       B. myself          C. themselves        D. yourselves

33. A. finding       B. having          C. laying            D. lying

34. A. before        B. beside          C. behind            D. after

35. A. nearly        B. almost          C. also              D. hardly

36. A. breathing     B. speaking        C. shaking           D. running

37. A. above         B. around          C. in                D. beside

38. A. Looking into B. Looking at      C. Looking after     D. Looking over

39. A. where         B. that            C. what              D. who

40. A. everything    B. something       C. nothing               D. anything

41. A. pulled out    B. pushed out      C. reached out           D. handed out

42. A. boy           B. policeman       C. man               D. woman

43. A. Amazingly     B. naturally       C. happily           D. luckily

44. A. so            B. instead         C. however           D. though

45. A. another       B. other           C. the other         D. others

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proud   adjective ／pravd／ 1．You feel proud of things you   have done，or things you own，   if you are pleased with them：   Peter was proud of himself for   winning the race．Sarah felt   very proud of her new watch． 2．Your parents or teachers are   proud of you when you do   well：Michael came top of the   class and his parents were very   proud of him．The cat seems   proud of her six lively kittens． 3．A proud person thinks they are	voice   noun ／vכis／ Your voice is the  sound you make when  you speak or sing： Speak in a load clear voice so that everybody  can hear you．I didn't  recognize  Andrew's  voice on the telephone. We could hear angry  voices coming  from  next door．Lucy has a nice singing voice.	en·cour·age   verb ／In'kΛrIdз／encouraged，    encouraging，has encouraged  1．You encourage someone   when you keep telling   them that you know they   can succeed：My parents   have always encouraged   me in my music． 2．You encourage someone   to do something when you   tell them that they should   do it：Our teacher encourages us to ask questions．
better or cleverer or more im-	Lose your voice	IAntonyms/31. We can find these explainations (解释) in          dictionary. A. an English-English                  B. a Chinese-English   C. an English-Chinese                  D. a Chinese 32. Another form of the word "proud" in this dictionary is             .   A. pleasure        B. pride           C. happiness       D. voice 33. You can find           new words in this dictionary extract (摘要).   A. many           B. one             C. two             D. three 34. The word "proud" has           uses than the word "encourage".   A. fewer           B. less             C. more            D. much more 35. The word "voice" is                      . A. a noun         B. an adjective     C. a verb          D. an adverb	Synonyms
portant than other people：The Ugly Sisters were too proud to TreatCinderellalla as sister． See also pride．	You lose your voice when you have such a bad cold that you can't speak．	xdiscourage：Our parents  discourage us from playing computer games all the time.

1. We can find these explainations (解释) in          dictionary.

A. an English-English                  B. a Chinese-English

     C. an English-Chinese                  D. a Chinese

2. Another form of the word "proud" in this dictionary is             .

     A. pleasure        B. pride           C. happiness       D. voice

3. You can find           new words in this dictionary extract (摘要).

     A. many           B. one             C. two             D. three

4. The word "proud" has           uses than the word "encourage".

     A. fewer           B. less             C. more            D. much more

5. The word "voice" is                      .

A. a noun         B. an adjective     C. a verb          D. an adverb