1.　　 A. heavy　　　　 B. hard　　　　　 C. hardly　　　　　　　 D. big

15.　 D。分词充当伴随状语。意为随手就把门用力关上。

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　 Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain 　1　 　so I decided I would leave the children in the car before I went quickly into a shop. I 　2　 　the girls not to touch anything and told them I would be 　3　 　within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left 　4　 　happily looking out of the window.

　 I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had disappeared! I could hardly believe my 　5　 . The car doors were 　6　 　locked, the windows were shut and on the back seat 　7　 　only two coats. Being 　8　 , I ran to the corner of the street 　9　 　there was no 　10　 　of them .I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked 　11　 　she had seen two small girls but she said “No”. Feeling quick sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and 　12　 　to stop trembling. Suddenly, I 　13　 　a merry laugh behind me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot and there inside were two very red-faced and excited 　14　 . They had obviously pulled out the back seat, 　15　 　behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. With tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

14.　 C。

13.　 B。13、14题是一个完整的句子。没必要害怕。

12.　 A。只好出来解释，不是鬼怪，是她。故用It’s me 。

11.　 D。这时她才意识到自己的判断错误。

10.　 D。因此，她就躲藏到楼梯下的贮藏室中。

9.　　　 B。她不想吓着这个人。

8.　　　 D。fail to do sth. “没做成某事”。用not语法不对，而用had ,tried不符合意思 。

7.　　　 B。从下文可知她很有把握，“准是面包师”。