4. A. put　　　　　　　　　 B. hanged　　　　　　　 C. shown　　　　　　 D. hung

3. A. known　　　　　　　B. found　　　　　　　　 C. told　　　　　　　　　D. fallen

2. A. worried about　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. pleased with　　　　　　　　　　

C. thinking about　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. hearing of

1. A. sent　　　　　　　 B. ran away　　　　　 C. was sent　　 　 D. escaped

15. D。固定搭配，意为“用牙齿”。

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Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow. Her only son 　1　 　to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and was killed in action there．Soon after that, her husband lost his job. The old man was always 　2　 　food and clothes．And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep. The next morning he was 　3　 　dead in a cold lake. And his worn-out coat was 　4　 　in a tree not far away. Sarya was so 　5　 　that she nearly took her own life.

　　 Things got worse and worse after that. She always lived in hunger and cold. She had hoped that the government(政府) could help her but she 　　6　 .

　　 It was a cold windy night. The old woman couldn't 　7　 　asleep at all. She had to get up. She decided to write a letter to God(神), asking for 　8　 . She wished God to give her 100 rubles (卢布), so she could buy some food for herself. When she 　9　 　writing it, she found she had no 　10　 . She had to put the 　11　 　at a crossing. 　12　 　the next morning a policeman found the letter. He read it to his comrades．They were all so 　13　 　that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman.

　　 At first Granny Sarya was happy. But after she 　14　 　the money, she became 　15　 　and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!”

14. A。根据上下文之间的联系，这里是陈述为什么对它有帮助的原因，因此用because。

13. B。have sth. done 让某事被做。Have its teeth cleaned 让鳄鱼鸟给它清洗牙齿。

12. D。而头不能转动，就意味着只能看前方的东西。

11. B。根据上文脖子硬，那当然是头不能转动，而不可能是尾巴，眼睛或身体。

10. C。at most最多，at the best处于最佳状态，at once立刻,马上。根据意思应为“立刻把一个大的动物击倒”。