第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I got my first bike in 1943. It was an old, second-hand blue bike. Bikes of any kind were very 1 at that time. A new bike was rarely to be seen, as 2 was needed to produce weapons to 3 our brave men and women in the fighting overseas.

At ten, I was quite 4 . I convinced my mother I could earn enough money to be a millionaire-if I only had an old second-hand bike. She laughed but 5 about 80 per cent of the total cost of the bike. I had 6 a few dollars digging gardens, cleaning snow and doing other jobs.

I 7 Mother I'd pay back the loan(借款). The day I got my bike was one of the happiest of my life. I could 8 earning some money-- 9 groceries(杂货) for Clarks' grocery store and packages for a small store a few block away-this was in the Forest Hills section of Edmonton. I made a few dollars but 10 to start another work, as the first was proving too 11 to come by.

My mother, another brother, Len, and I were to 12 Dad in Yellowknife, which was so far way that my bike couldn't be transported there. Leaving my bike was very difficult, but 13 had to come first. I made very little money 14 it, not enough to pay Mother back. We 15__ Yellowknife in the fall of 1943. It was quite an experience for a young fellow, or anybody else for that matter.

After we'd been in Yellowknife for a while, I was able to 16 Mother for the bike loan. I got a job at the recreation centre in the Negus Mine. The 17 paid great-I had lots of money, but would not 18 another bike. The 19 there were made with the tailings(尾矿) from the mine-lots of rough rock. The new 60 had not been built at that time.

1.A. beautiful B. expensive C. convenient D. comfortable

2.A. space B. labor C. time D. metal

3.A. raise B. control C. praise D. assist

4.A. proud B. careful C. ambitious D. brave