阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

C

    A frightening incident took place Sunday night on a plane. According to reports, the United Airlines overbooked (超额预订) the flight, so they asked passengers to give up four tickets so that four United Airline staff (工作人员) could take the seats. The airline first looked for volunteers. They offered $400 for anyone who agreed to leave the flight, then increased to $800 and a hotel stay, but no passengers would give up their seat. In the end, the airline staff used computer to select four people to be kicked off the flight.

    A 69-year-old passenger among the four unlucky passengers refused to leave and said he had to work at a hospital the next day. Three guards then showed up and pulled him out with force. The old man was badly hurt after the struggle. The flight finally left after two hours.

    The scene was recorded by other passengers and posted on the Internet. You can hear the old man shouting at the guards, saying what they were doing was wrong. Many people expressed their anger at the incident.

    The CEO of United Airlines defended the actions of the staff. In a letter he said to his staff, “Our people followed the rules for dealing with situations like this,” His response to the incident was thought as having a bad attitude. After the incident, United Airlines loses $800 million in the stock market (股市). A day and a half after the incident, United Airlines finally admitted it did something wrong. The government will survey the incident to find out whether the United Airlines had followed the rules.

    Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud（自豪的） of it and asked a high price for it.

    One day a man went into the store. “That's a beautiful bird,” he said to the pet store owner, “But why is it so expensive? Is it unusual（不同寻常的） bird?” “No, it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk,” the pet store owner said.

    “I see. How can I make it talk?” the man asked.

    The pet store owner asked him, “Do you see those string tied to each of the bird's legs?”

    “Yes,” the man answered.

    “Well, you pull（拉） those strings（绳子）,” the pet store owner told him. “That will make the parrot talk.”

    The man asked, “Do you mind（介意） if I try?”

    “Not at all,” the pet store owner said.

    The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, “Good morning.” The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said, “How are you today?”

    “That's not very interesting,” said the man. “Any parrot could do that.” Then he laughed, “But what would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?”

    “I'll fall off my perch, you fool!” the parrot said.

    Alice Lee is a high school student studying at a private school. She is doing some voluntary work at an after-school program to help students from poor families.

    On the first day of her work, she noticed that many kids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruits. She was surprised. One of the organizers explains that many of these students don't get enough to eat at home. So a school lunch or an after-meal might be the most food they would get all the day. She has also been told that some hungry kids can receive free lunches, but others are only allowed reduced-price meals, and those students' families have to pay for the part of their food.

    Lee was shocked, she decided to offer help to those who are suffering from hunger, "I want other kids to understand that if you see a problem, you don't have to wait to be an adult to fix it," says Lee. She and a group of friends are using their programme skill to create a new app called Food of Thought, which will allow parents, students, and even kind-hearted strangers to donate money to lunch accounts for students in a nearby school.

One hot summer day, I bought a small boat when my family spent vacation enjoying the beaches of beautiful Gulf shores(岸). Both of my daughters played {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(happy) all day in the boat. Later the little one got tired. So I took her to our tent on the sand as my elder girl still played in the boat. But{#blank#}2{#/blank#}boat my elder daughter in was gradually moving far out from the shore. I called to her to come closer to the shore and she seemed to be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (worry) and afraid. All she could do was to paddle(用桨划船) hard to one side, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the boat was just making small circles.

I stood as far out in the water and kept {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(shout) instructions to her. Luckily, some{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(visitor) in a boat not far from her noticed and started to help her immediately.

I'm not a good swimmer but I decided to have a try. I didn't stop swimming until I couldn't feel {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(I) moving. But I always kept my eyes on her.{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the help of these kind people, I finally made my way back pulling her and calming her.

So far, I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(learn) through the experience that maybe we think we are not strong enough sometimes, but{#blank#}10{#/blank#}we trust ourselves and take the first step, we'll have all the power we need.

Let me tell you a story. One day, when Bill {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(walk)home from school,he heard a noise coming from the bushes. He went over to see {#blank#}2{#/blank#}it was. Behind a bush, he found a black dog. Bill went back home as fast as he could with the dog and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(show) her to his parents. Bill's dad found that the dog had {#blank#}4{#/blank#}broken(断了的) leg, so they brought the dog to a doctor for animals {#blank#}5{#/blank#} car. On the way, Bill's parents decided that Bill could keep the dog if they couldn't find the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (own).

When they arrived, the doctor checked the dog. He told Bill that she was going to have babies! Bill was very {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(surprise). The next day, Bill put some signs like "FOUND A BLACK DOG" around his neighborhood. He also wrote his family's phone number on the signs.

Two days later, Bill got a call {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the owner of the dog. The owner thanked Bill. When he came to pick up his dog, he said Bill could have one of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(baby). Bill was very happy. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(final), Bill got a baby dog from the owner. He named him Rosco and liked him very much.