There comes a time for every child when fantasies end and reality begins．Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny  1  to be Mum and Dad，and heroes fade away．I don’t know if most people remember this  2  ,but I know when it happened to me．

On an ordinary summer’s day，my grandfather told me one of his crazy stories．I  3  off to find the Indians that Grandpa said lived in the woods．But after some hours’ searching without success I  4  ．Tired and  5  ，I went to ask Grandpa．

“How could none of your  6   ever come true?”

“Well，sometimes you have to make them come true，”he answered．“I once had a friend named Huck Finn who made his own  7  ．”

He started to tell me about his friend Huck，who  8  down the Mississippi River on a raft．I sat listening to him and believing every word he said．When he finished，I went off to have my own adventure．

Two hours later I had a small and  9  raft．I took it to the pond along with  10  from a tree to use as an oar．（桨）I couldn’t swim and had been told many times to stay away from  11  ．But today I had the raft，so with a big shove；I  12  it out and jumped on top．

I was fine for a total of four seconds；then I started to  13  ．Frightened，I tried to use the branch to paddle  14  ,but only pushed myself farther out．Knowing that I would drown，I did    15   any other nine-year-old boy would do in a similar  16  :I screamed．

From the edge of the pond came my sister and cousins who easily  17  me．As my raft sank，so did my  18  in my grandpa．Although I never  19  loving him，something changed in our relationship that day．

  20  now，I can see that the change wasn’t in my grandfather，but in me．I was growing up．

1．A．pick out               B．turn out                  C．come out                 D．find out

2．A．event                  B．accident                 C．affair                      D．matter

3．A．sailed                  B．flew                       C．headed                    D．drove

4．A．gave in                B．gave out                 C．gave away               D．gave up

5．A．angry                  B．afraid                     C．discouraged             D．frightened

6．A．stories                 B．dreams                   C．plans                       D．wishes

7．A．differences          B．attempts                 C．inspections              D．adventures

8．A．swam                  B．floated                   C．flowed                    D．wandered

9．A．badly made          B．well equipped          C．good -looking          D．fast- moving

10．A．a stick               B．a pole                     C．a branch                  D．a post

11．A．the river             B．the lake                  C．the sea                    D．the pond

12．A．pulled                B．pushed                   C．caught                    D．strengthened

13．A．sink                   B．move                     C．float                        D．run

14．A．back away         B．back in                   C．forward in               D．forward out

15．A．how                  B．what                      C．however                  D．that

16．A．condition           B．situation                 C．position                   D．state

17．A．rescued             B．found                     C．caught                    D．helped

18．A．understanding     B．idea                       C．belief                      D．love

19．A．continued           B．forgot                    C．remembered            D．stopped

20．A．Looking back     B．Looking forward     C．Calling up                D．Calling back