五、完形填空。
From the day “Mother Nature” gave me life，I expected to grow tall and big.
As a young 1 ，I was well protected in the forest. I used to 2 a good time with my friends under the blue sky and 3 the river. Our only purpose was to stand high. My pal，Tim，often said，“All I ask for is to be 4 the whole day.”
More than 300 days passed and we grew straight. Until one day，our 5 birthday，people came，moved us from the 6 and put us on their trucks. “I don’t want to go!” Tim cried.
After a long journey，we arrived at a completely different place with 7 green. Here we were planted in a line. 8 the wind blew strongly，I could not even open my eyes to see Tim 9 beside me. So we needed enough 10 to grow thicker and higher to stop the wind.
As time went by，we finally 11 much stronger. I could keep my eyes open in the wind! I even found the blue sky was back!
This was no longer no-man’s-land，and hundreds of visitors came here. A man took a picture of us with his 12 . “Thank you. We can enjoy clear days 13 worrying about sand storms. ” A young girl jumping up and down came over and 14 me. “Thank you，” she said. “It’s you that have turned the desert into a green land!”
Tim and I smiled at each other，feeling 15 . The sun was shining brightly in the blue sky.
（ ）1. A. tree B. fish C. girl D. boy
（ ）2. A. choose B. forget C. have D. miss
（ ）3. A. in B. along C. under D. on
（ ）4. A. smart B. happy C. busy D. thin
（ ）5. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
（ ）6. A. beach B. lake C. house D. earth
（ ）7. A. all B. nothing C. anything D. everything
（ ）8. A. Though B. Unless C. Because D. Until
（ ）9. A. clearly B. greatly C. kindly D. widely
（ ）10. A. desert B. wind C. sand D. water
（ ）11. A. became B. smelt C. sounded D. remained
（ ）12. A. radio B. keyboard C. backpack D. camera
（ ）13. A. from B. about C. without D. of
（ ）14. A. asked B. hugged C. invited D. kicked
（ ）15. A. tired B. bored C. proud D. surprised

1. A 【点拨】根据上文“I expected to grow tall and big.”以及下文“I was well protected in the forest”可知，“我”应该是一棵树。故选 A。
2. C 【点拨】have a good time 过得愉快。故选 C。
3. B 【点拨】in 在……里面；along 沿着；under 在……下面；on 在……上面。根据语境可知选 B。
4. B 【点拨】根据语境可推断，蒂姆想要每天快乐。故选 B。
5. A 【点拨】根据上文“More than 300 days passed”可知，三百多天过去了，所以应该是到了一岁的生日。故选 A。
6. D 【点拨】根据语境可知，许多人过来把“我们”从泥土里移出去并放在他们的卡车上。故选 D。
7. B 【点拨】根据下文内容可知，“我们”来到了一个毫无绿意的地方。故选 B。
8. C 【点拨】根据语境可知，风吹得十分猛烈，“我”无法睁开眼睛看清身边的蒂姆。此处表示原因。故选 C。
9. A 【点拨】与动词 see 搭配，表示看得清楚。故选 A。
10. D 【点拨】根据语境可知，“我们”需要更多的水才能长得更高、更壮来阻挡住风。故选 D。
11. A 【点拨】根据语境可知，“我们”最终变得更加强壮了。故选 A。
12. D 【点拨】根据上文“took a picture”可知，拍照应该是用相机。故选 D。
13. C 【点拨】根据语境可知，人们可以享受天气晴朗的日子，而不用担心沙尘暴。故选 C。
14. B 【点拨】根据上下文可知，一个小女孩蹦蹦跳跳地来到“我”身边并对“我”表示感谢，因此此处应该是拥抱了“我”。故选 B。
15. C 【点拨】结合全文内容推断，“我们”抗击风沙，人们纷纷表示感谢，因此“我们”应该感到“自豪”。故选 C。