第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从 21～40 各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I’ve often puzzled over something that happened to me one winter when I was eight. Over the years I had been wondering if my 21 was nothing more than a kid’s imagination.
There was a 22 near our house. In winter it was the greatest 23 place in the world. One 24 all I wanted to do was go skating. I had been waiting for weeks 25 the water was frozen solid. Mom had one rule: “Never ice-skate alone.” But I couldn’t 26 any longer that afternoon. So I 27 my skates under my coat and ran to the pond. Several people were skating near the shore, and some kids were playing hockey.I was not really 28 .
The hockey game had attracted 29 audience, so I skated in the other direction until their cheering 30 . But another noise came soon. The ice was cracking beneath me. Freezing water 31 my body, and I sank like a rock. My feet 32 the bottom. Just when I thought I wouldn’t last another 33 , I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Don’t worry,” someone said. I swung my 34 around. I couldn’t see anybody. But I heard the voice again，“Push your feet into the bottom and you’ll shoot straight up to the surface.” I did as I was told and 35 . I crawled to the shore and lay down, 36 .The next thing I knew was people were 37 around me, covering me with coats.
When I awoke, I was home in my own bed. Mom sat next to me, 38 my hand. “I saw nobody there. It must be an angel that came to my 39 .” I said. Mom smiled, “I just thank God you’re safe.”
For a long time I thought I would 40 a more realistic explanation if I just thought hard, but I never did.
