B．understood it and became happy

　　C．threw it away in the wind

　　D．laughed loudly and flew away with it

　　Ⅳ.语法填空

　　The day when I became a mom was not the day my daughter was born, but seven years later. Up until that day, I had been busy trying to survive my terrible 1.________ (marry). I spent all my energy trying to run a "perfect" home and didn't realize that my baby girl 2.________ (become) a big girl.

　　That day my daughter and I were sitting in our new home and having a quiet dinner 3.________ suddenly her little hand knocked over 4.________ full glass of chocolate milk I had prepared for her. The white tablecloth and the 5.________ (fresh) painted white wall became dark brown at once. 6.________ (know) what the outcome of the event would mean, my daughter became very nervous. In fact, I became very angry, 7.________ when I saw her small face, 8.________ was filled with fear, I simply started laughing instead of 9.________ (blame) her. At first, my daughter was puzzled about my laughter. She must have thought that I was crazy. But when I said that it didn't matter and let her relax, she looked 10.________ me with gratitude and started laughing with me.

That was the day when I really became a mom, because that day I could laugh over spilt milk.

　　课下能力提升(十)

　　Ⅰ.1.took/(should) take　2.open

　　3．announced　4.and　5.controls

　　Ⅱ.1.faded from　2.set up　3.concentrate; on　4.was accused of　5.ended up　6.Last but not least　7.has been brought alive

　　8．add to　9.gave out

　　Ⅲ.

　　1．解析：选D　标题归纳题。通读全文，本文主要是介绍英国的一个大众喜爱的主题公园，故选D。

　　2．解析：选C　推理判断题。根据第四段的"Children over 1.4 m can ride on all the rides by themselves. Children between 1.4 m and 1 m must be accompanied by an adult to enjoy some rides. There are several rides which children shorter than 1 m are not allowed to ride on."可知A、B两项不正确，C项正确；根据"There are numerous places to eat and drink, so you will never need to go hungry."可知D项错误。

　　3．解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第三段第一句中的"(for the disabled, too)"部分可知，Drayton Manor在设计宿营地时考虑到了残疾人，可见其考虑周全。

　　4．解析：选B　文章出处题。通读全文可知本文主要是介绍英国的一个主题公园，最有可能出现在旅游小册子上，故选B。

　　5．解析：选C　句意猜测题。根据信的第一段第一句 "It's time for you to fly independently now"可推知，你必须对自己的生命负责。

　　6．解析：选A　推理判断题。根据上下文可推知，首先要调节好自己的内心状态，再去处理外界可以改变的部分。故选A项。

　　7．解析：选B　细节理解题。根据信的第三段中的"If you keep your faith, give it some time, and carefully open your special ugly gift with patience, you might enjoy its beauty"可知，即使灾难也可能是生活送给自己的一件礼物，要学会保持信心，耐心面对。

　　8．解析：选B　推理判断题。根据最后一段中的"laughed happily and loudly"可推知，Lorraine读完信后深受启发，变得轻松快乐起来。

　　Ⅳ.

　　1．marriage　考查词性转换。空格中所填词作survive的宾语，故用marry的名词形式。

2．had become　考查时态。become的动作发生在"didn't realize"之前，即表示"过去