B单元 完形填空
B1 记叙文
B1 [2013·湖北卷]
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside.Still nobody came.Maybe today, he thought __31__ .It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).
This farmhouse had been __32__ too long.It needed a family.Zigfried's __33__ made a noise.He realized that he hadn't eaten anything since yesterday.He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a __34__ from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike's.
Farmer Mike's house had been a great place for the little mouse __35__ the farmer married a wife who had a cat.Zigfried __36__ when he thought of it.He looked around cautiously as he __37__ into the room where grain was stored and was quite __38__ as he filled his bag with wheat.He was turning to leave when suddenly he __39__ a hot breath about his ear.His heart beat __40__ , and without thinking he started to run and luckily __41__ the cat's paws (爪子).
The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a __42__ family would be moving into the farmhouse soon.Zigfried's granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to __43__ with him.He hoped that the family would come before his granny came.Before long, a car came __44__ the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.
Zigfried's Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came __45__ the next few days.Zigfried __46__ every single hour of them. __47__, the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a __48__ smile at the door of his home, he heard the __49__ of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas.What? A cat? The