Cloze 7[2013·辽宁]题材：人物故事　词数：244

A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she__1__play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill.___2__she loved her parents and her family， she desired to live in such a house and___3__all day about how wonderful and exciting__4__ must feel to live there.

At the age when she gained some___5__ skill and sensibility(识别力)，she__6__her mother for a bike ride__7__the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go，___8__ her keeping close to the house and not___9__too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew___10__ where she was heading!__11__ the hill and across the valley， she rode to the__12__ of the golden house.

__13__she got off her bike and put it against the gate post， she focused on the path __14__ to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she__15__ that all the windows were ___16__ and rather dirty.

So__17__ and heart-broken， she didn‘t go any further. She __18__， and all of a sudden she saw an amazing__19___。 There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home，she___20__ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!

1. A. might B. should

C. would D. must

2. A. Unless B. Although

C. Since D. But

3. A. dreamed B. worried

C. asked D. shouted

4. A. this B. that

C. it D. which

5. A. different B. scientific

C. musical D. basic

6. A. begged B. blamed

C. invited D. paid

7. A. inside B. outside

C. through D. along

8. A. insisting on B. relying on

C. arguing about D. wondering about

9. A. traveling B. running

C. riding D. walking

10. A. madly B. rapidly

C. exactly D. possibly

11. A. Over B. Down

C. Around D. Beside

12. A. windows B. steps

C. center D. gate

13. A. Until B. As

C. While D. Because

14. A. getting B. introducing

C. leading D. moving

15. A. felt B. learned

C. concluded D. found

16. A. transparent B. bright

C. plain D. wide

17. A. anxious B. angry

C. serious D. sad

18. A. turned around B. cheered up

C. settled down D. dropped in

19. A. hill B. valley

C. background D. sight

20. A. imagined B. decided

C. realized D. Guessed