Mr. Hall was a rich businessman and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river.

The river usually __16__ over in winter, and one year __17__ happened very early, so that by Christmas time it was covered with really __18__ ice. People could walk across it safely.

The sight of this ice gave Mr. Hall __19__. He decided to have a big Christmas party on the ice. He would have all the furniture in his living-room _ 20 _ out onto the ice. He would have pretty colored lights _ 21 _  all around, and they would have a wonderful party. So he sent out __22__ to all his important friends, and on Christmas Eve they all began to _ 23   his house and then went onto the ice. They were all in very good _ 24   and thought that it _25_a wonderful idea of Mr. Hall to have a party on the ice.

The party   26   until late at night, and as the _ 27   guests said their merry Christmas, Mr. Hall was pleased with himself for the __28   party.

He had drunk rather  29   at the party, so he did not wake up very early __30  morning. In fact, it was   31  midday when he got up and looked out of the window at the spot where the party was held last night. __32__ he saw there made him wonder whether he was still  33 _. He closed his eyes, opened them again but there was no mistake! The ice had ­­__34   up in the early sunshine and had carried all his living-room furniture out to __35  .

小题1:

A．flows

B．flowed

C．freeze

D．froze小题2:

A．freezing

B．ice

C．snow

D．rain小题3:

A．thin

B．thick

C．deep

D．shallow小题4:

A．a wish

B．an idea

C．a hope

D．a plan小题5:

A．selling

B．carrying

C．sold

D．carried小题6:

A．lay

B．lain

C．hung

D．hanged小题7:

A．introductions

B．invitations

C．informations

D．lights小题8:

A．look for

B．come to

C．see

D．leave小题9:

A．spirit

B．strength

C．condition

D．manners小题10:

A．would be

B．had been

C．had had

D．would have小题11:

A．went to

B．kept on

C．happened

D．took place小题12:

A．first

B．last

C．most

D．important小题13:

A．big

B．new

C．interesting

D．successful小题14:

A．many

B．little

C．a lot

D．more小题15:

A．next

B．the next

C．following

D．followed小题16:

A．most

B．mostly

C．near

D．nearly小题17:

A．Where

B．What

C．That

D．Which小题18:

A．afraid

B．awake

C．asleep

D．alive小题19:

A．dried

B．come

C．frozen

D．broken小题20:

A．his house

B．the sea

C．the river

D．land