完形填空(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good novel. I was so        the story I was reading that I didn't       that it was getting dark. When I realized that it was too dark for me to read      , I put the book down and got up to turn on the light. Just then I heard someone     , "Help! Help!" It seemed to come from the trees at the end of the yard. I looked out but it was too dark to see anything clearly. Almost immediately I heard the cry again. It sounds like a child, but I could not      what someone would be doing in our backyard, unless one of my neighbor's children had climbed a tree and had not been able to      .
I decided that I should go out and have        in the yard, just in case someone was     . With a flashlight and a stick in my hands, I went out into the yard. Once again I heard the cry and this time there was no doubt that it came from the trees at the far end of the yard. "Who is there?" I        as I walked across the yard towards the trees. But there was no        . With the help of my flashlight, I      all over that end of the yard, including the branches of the trees. There was no         of anybody or anything. I came to the conclusion that my         made fun of me, probably nothing is happening there.
I had to go back into the house and sat down to read my book again. Not long after that, I was       by the loud cry of "Help! Help!" This time it was from right behind me! I dropped my book and jump up. There, sitting on the table was my neighbor's large green and red       .

A．tired of B．worried about C．surprised at D．interested in

A．mind B．expect C．notice D．hope

A．quietly B．noisily C．quickly D．easily

A．laughing B．talking C．speaking D．shouting

A．choose B．imagine C．question D．understand

A．hurry off B．send away C．come off D．get down

A．a look B．a rest C．a sleep D．a walk

A．in shock B． at work C．on holiday D．in trouble

A．read B．called out C．whispered D．sang

A．noise B．sound C．voice D．answer

A．cut B．searched C．touched D．beat

A．seat B．sign C．place D．kind

A．imagination B．brother C．neighbor D．dog

A．encouraged B．told C．called D．frightened

A．cock B．chicken C．parrot D．hen