It was an afternoon in the winter, some friends and I were talking at a restaurant. We talked and soon swimming became the   36 . Suddenly I hit upon an idea．“Wouldn’t it be _37_ if we went swimming? Others went swimming in winter, and _38_ couldn’t we? Besides, we could be _39_ if we did．” I told them about this and they all said it was a good idea indeed．
Early in the morning, three days _40_, we four were standing at the bus stop, with bags in our hands, _41_ for a bus to take us to the _42_． The sky was clear, the sun was shining, but all the same, it was very cold．_43_ our heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us _44_． We all felt that we should go back, but no one wanted to _45_．
We soon reached the sands． There was nobody there, but we were not to be discouraged． _46_ we were proud that we were the _47_ ones that dared to challenge(向……挑战) the weather． Besides, the sun could keep us warm． So we _48_ ourselves quickly．
But things were not going to be so nice as we thought． The sea wind was blowing, we felt _49_ cold and we shook from head to feet． At last, we decided to _50_ the sea water． We put our feet in first, only to take them back _51_．The water was unbelievably cold．The I   52 that we should all jump in at the same time． We all went back ten steps． I gave the order and we all rushed forward．We jumped．I shall never   53 the feeling I had when I was in the water. I got up and rushed against to the seaside. So _54_ my friends．We put on our clothes as quickly as possible and went home．
We four did not go to school the next three days, for we all _55_ a bad cold． We missed the lessons, but we got this unforgettable experience．

小题1:	A．topic B．object C．center D．opinion

小题2:	A．lucky B．interesting C．surprising D．happy

小题3:	A．how B．what C．why D．that

小题4:	A．ill B．worse C．better D．stronger

小题5:	A．past B．later C．before D．since

小题6:	A．meeting B．asking C．looking D．waiting

小题7:	A．sands B．pool C．river D．lake

小题8:	A．Though B．Only C．Since D．Even

小题9:	A．warm B．cold C．cool D．hot

小题10:

A．talk about B．speak out C．think over D．shout at

小题11:

A．Instead B．Therefore C．Particularly D．Lately

小题12:

A．lucky B．only C．happy D．younger

小题13:

A．enjoyed B．helped C．changed D．dressed

小题14:

A．a little B．such C．a few D．very

小题15:

A．dive into B．put down C．take off D．walk into

小题16:

A．quickly B．carefully C．finally D．bravely

小题17:

A．announced B．promised C．suggested D．told

小题18:

A．forget B．remember C．tell D．believe

小题19:

A．do B．did C．had D．was

小题20:

A．felt B．became C．caught D．turned