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

Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.

Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are .If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.

   Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the thing in the bay on your back .

If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you .Next, don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.

   If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus , don’t sit alone . Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don’t sleep.

（  ）1.Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?

A．Go home alone late at night.             B．Make sure where the public phones are.

C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early .      D．Always notice the environment around you.

（  ）2.You’d better put your bag _______ when there are too many people on a bus.

A．on your back    B．beside you    C．in front of you     D．behind the driver

（  ）3.When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should _   _ to make yourself safe.

A．run home

B．Turn back and walk towards him or her at once

C．cross the street and go to the other way

D．find a lift and go in

（  ）4.When you take a bus alone, it’s safe for you __________.

A．to sit behind the driver or with other people , but not to sleep

B．to talk with the driver

C．to call your friends

D．to get off the bus at once

（  ）5.What can you learn from the text ?

A．How to notice the environment around you   

B．How to be safe in your everyday life  

C．How to cross the street.

D．How to use the pubic phones.