二、完形填空   先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四 个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将该选项填入答题卷上相应的空格内。(本大题共10分，每小题1分)

A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her   1   , “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks(斑点)on the   2   of the cabbages ( a kind of vegetable ). They are eggs of a kind of insect. They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must   3   all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have   4  , gree ner and bigger cabbages.”

Betty didn’t think she could do it   5   and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother fell ill for a few days and   6   work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To   7   surprise, the insects have eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to   8  . Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off(推迟)what we have to do today till   9  . And you must learn to deal(处理) with the bad things

10   they are small, or it will turn into a big problem.”

1. A. son   B. mother    C. daughter   D. sister

2. A. trees   B. leaves    C. grass    D. top

3. A. see   B. look at    C. find    D. look for

4. A. better   B. worse    C. thinner    D. newer

5. A. at most  B. at last    C. at the moment  D. at once

6. A. mustn’t   B. couldn’t   C. needn’t    D. can’t

7. A. my   B. our    C. her     D. their

8. A. cry   B. shout    C. run    D. work

9. A. yesterday  B. today    C. tomorrow   D. later

10. A. but   B. w hile     C. and    D. before