三、完形填空。

Jed and Matt were walking home from school.It was the first really cold day of winter.“The __26__ on the river is hard !” Matt shouted.“Let's take a shortcut(捷径) across.”

Jed made a face.“It just started to freeze，” said Jed，“I don't think it's __27__.”

“You're afraid of everything，” said Matt with a laugh.“__28__ you want to walk all the way to the bridge，go ahead.I'm going to __29__ here.” Then he ran toward the river.Now Matt was near the middle of the river.“Are you still __30__，Jed?” he laughed.“Look how __31__ the ice is.” Matt jumped up and down a few times to __32__ his point.

Crack!A loud sound filled the air.Matt looked down.In all directions，the thin ice was __33__ away from his feet.Another crack，and Matt was in the river! “Help!” Matt screamed.His wet clothes pulled him down.

Jed felt the ice，__34__ testing the area around him.Using the feet，he pushed __35__ slowly toward the hole in the ice.Gripping(抓牢) the ice with his feet，Jed took hold of Matt's __36__.Little by little，he dragged(拖) Matt out of the water and then across the ice.After what seemed like hours，they reached the __37__.

A police car came up to them.Officer Crane helped Matt into the car.After hearing the story，Crane said，“Well，Jed，it sounds like you are a __38__.Maybe I should call the newspaper.Someone from the paper can come down and take your picture and write an article.”

“Good idea，” said Matt.He was feeling a lot __39__.“I have never had my picture in the paper.”

“I was talking about __40__ picture，” said Officer Crane.“ He is the hero.”

( D )26.A.bridge　B.snow　 C.boat　　D.ice

( C )27.A.exciting B.dangerous

C.safe D.boring

( B )28.A.When B.If C.Because D.Before

( A )29.A.cross B.jump C.swim D.enter

( B )30.A.tired B.afraid C.amazed D.shocked

( D )31.A.big B.thin C.soft D.thick

( C )32.A.describe B.explain

C.prove D.introduce

( A )33.A.breaking B.disappearing

C.taking D.bringing

( D )34.A.happily B.directly

C.regularly D.carefully

( C )35.A.him B.themselves

C.himself D.them

( B )36.A.leg B.hand C.head D.foot

( A )37.A.land B.river C.boat D.home

( D )38.A.fool B.swimmer

C.student D.hero

( C )39.A.weaker B.worse C.better D.angrier

( B )40.A.Matt's B.Jed's C.Crane's D.others'