Thewatertapwasleakingagain,and

科目：英语
题型：完型填空
难度：较难
人气：1768

题文

The water tap was leaking again, and the noise was driving Tina crazy.
Tina looked at her      . It was nearly eleven o’clock. Her parents were       . She climbed out of bed quietly in order not to wake them up.      mother’s Mr. Fix-It Book was on the top shelf. Tina took the book. She read it quickly      she found the page she was looking for, and then she began to read carefully. After a while, she stepped down quietly.
Next, Tina opened a box in the kitchen and picked out the tools she needed and several small things. It was not      for her to do the repair. She tried several times but couldn’t make it. Finally, the water tap was in pieces. One by one, she laid them out on the table      . That way she would know how they went back.
Tina worked late into the night. At one point, she thought she was done. Oops! A small piece that she had forgotten still lay on the       . Slowly Tina took the water tap apartone more time. This time she made sure       was left on the table. She      the water tap on and then off. One…two…three…She waited a full minute. There was      leak! Tina smiled and put the tools back into the box. Then she went back into bed.
The next morning, Dad       breakfast in the kitchen when Tina got up.
“Did you notice anything, Dad?” she asked.
He looked around and listened. “Hmm, something is missing… I can’t find out      it is… Wait, it’s too      in here!”
“That’s right,” Tina said. “Something is missing. I      the water tap. It doesn’t leak
any more.”
“That’s my girl. You’re the      in my eyes,” Dad said. “It’s a good thing you are really like your mother..”