Facing a fear of fish soup
I loved eating fish when I was a child. However, once I _______ got a fishbone stuck in my throat, so I have never eaten fish since.
But recently, my mom made fish soup and I was so attracted by its smell that my stomach rumbled(咕噜作响) .I couldn’t _______ to have the fish soup. _______ suddenly, my consciousness(意识) seemed to bed vided into two halves, half an angel and half a demon(魔鬼).The angel said to me, “Be _________! You must not get stuck again.” But the demon said to me, “Have it! It’s so delicious!” But I still remembered how it felt to have the bone stuck in my mouth—the _______ bone was stuck in my throat, making me heave(呕吐) while it stayed motionless(不动的).
My mother felt very _______ and asked, “Didn’t you say you wanted to have fish soup today?”I _______ my head sharply, not admitting that I had said so.
As I watched my mom eat, the fish soup began to attract me again. I started to imagine the fish soup _______ my stomach. I suddenly thought since the meat in the fish soup had been stewed(炖), the bones must be stewed into the soup. It seems to be a bowl of fishbone soup. It must be dangerous to have the _______ with this fish soup!
I quickly called out, saying, “Mom, don’t have the rice with that soup. If you do that, you will get a bone stuck in your throat!” Mom looked at me with a ________ look, and then she nodded. She gave me a bowl of soup. I was puzzled when I heard my mother say, “It only ________ once! Why won’t you eat fish again? Eat it while it is __________.You won’t get stuck again!”
I ________ the bowl and was about to drink it, but __________, I put it down. Mom laughed and said, “Once ________, twice shy!”
【小题1】A.accidentally | B.purposely | C.significantly | D.hurriedly |
【小题2】A.pretend | B.promise | C.learn | D.wait |
【小题3】A.Besides | B.However | C.Otherwise | D.Therefore |
【小题4】A.ashamed | B.humorous | C.careful | D.open-minded |
【小题5】A.soft | B.tasteless | C.light | D.sharp |
【小题6】A.relaxed | B.terrified | C.puzzled | D.worried |
【小题7】A.nodded | B.shook | C.buried | D.bent |
【小题8】A.leaving | B.dirtying | C.cleaning | D.entering |
【小题9】A.vegetables | B.rice | C.bread | D.noodles |
【小题10】A.strange | B.sad | C.grateful | D.cheerful |
【小题11】A.arrived | B.happened | C.sank | D.stood |
【小题12】A.clear | B.salty | C.hot | D.cold |
【小题13】A.put away | B.turned over | C.picked up | D.looked for |
【小题14】A.nervously | B.angrily | C.proudly | D.finally |
【小题15】A.bitten | B.lost | C.trapped | D.controlled |