阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。

 Marcos was ahardworkingfarmer. Every day he asked his only son to1him in the fields, but Paolo seldom got out of bed before noon. Marcos was very2about his only son.

 One evening Marcos' old friend Luigi3“ Marcos, why aren't your fields ready for planting?”Marcos explained that he was old and his back hurt. He said that Paolo was4and did not help him with the farming. "Marcos, you need to use your5as much as your back. I have an idea for you.”Luigi said.

 Early the next morning Marcos rushed into Paolo's room. "I found your grandfather's map!”he cried. "We may find6he buried（埋）his gold coins!”Paolo jumped out of bed. “I'll start over here.”Paolo told his father. Paolo7in the field all day. While Paolo dug, his father8along, dropping something from his bag into the ground. When they went in for dinner that night, a very tired Paolo said, “I think Grandfather was old when he made his map. I don't think I'll dig tomorrow.”

 Paolo9to his lazy way and slept all morning. One day Marcos rushed into Paolo's room and cried, "Paolo! I found the treasure in the fields!” Paolo10went out to look. He said, "There is 11here but lines and lines of vegetables.”

 Marcos smiled. "Paola, it is all around you. You have enough food to make it12the winter, with plenty more to sell!”Paolo was embarrassed（尴尬的）to see that his father was13. His one day of hard work had provided his with real treasure. He learned an important14. He could make a good living with a little hard work. He became a good15and made his father proud.

  One day a little mouse was thirsty(口渴的)．She looked everywhere for water to drink．She climbed up on a table．And she saw a bottle on the table．The mouth of the bottle was 1  ．The little mouse looked inside the bottle．“Aha，there is 2  milk in it．That's great．''She went into it and drank．

    She drank and drank．After a moment she had drunk enough．Her stomach was too big and she couldn't come   3the bottle．She cried for help．Just then a cat came up to the table．  4 he heard the cry the cat jumped onto the table so 5 ，“You'll be my nice lunch．''The little mouse was very clever and she6 for a moment and said，“Brother Cat，you mustn't roll(滚)the bottle．”“ 7  ?”asked the cat．“l would get dizzy(头晕目眩的)，”said the mouse．The cat said that he would let her  8quickly．So he began to roll the bottle．Suddenly the bottle fell down onto the floor and broke into  9 ． The little mouse ran  10 as fast as she could．When the cat jumped off the table and ran after her，the mouse had already gone into her home．

    I have had the pleasure of meeting a few neighbors . They seem to be quite kind people . For Christmas , I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbors that I knew . I sat down and counted . There were nine neighbors , and I also knew which houses they lived 1 .

    However , I decided to add one more person to my list , the lady I met every morning walking to work when I drove down the street . She always gave me a sweet smile and a friendly wave（挥手）, 2 I had no idea about her address .

    My gift idea was to make small 3 baskets and leave them on each of my neighbor's front porches（门廊）the night of Christmas Eve . I kept the last one for the friendly lady because I was still not sure about where she lived . It was 4 the house down about where I met her each morning . Finally I decided to put it there . My neighbors really enjoyed the baskets and a couple even came by to thank me .

    This morning I got a Thank you card.

    The card said , “ Thank you for those lovely apples and strawberries you left on the porch of Thomas . He 5 on January 19 , but he never stopped 6 about how nice it was that he was remembered in his time of illness . He really enjoyed it . ”

    I was very 7 . Why he sent a card to me ? I had no idea 8 Thomas was or that he had been seriously ill . I had left that nice lady's basket on Thomas' porch by accident . I believe Thomas never expected to have that basket . I feel sorry that the nice lady didn't get a basket from me , but I believe if she knew what had happened , she would 9 me .

    I feel lucky to have helped Thomas be more cheerful in his last days . This just makes me further believe that sometimes 10 in life are beautiful .

    Rick is an American boy. His parents have new jobs in China, 1 Rick comes to China with his parents. He lives in Wuhan with 2 parents now. He 3 in No. 2 Middle School.

    Today is Rick's 4 birthday. It's half past six in the evening. Dinner is ready. There is5 delicious food on the table. A round birthday 6 is in the middle of the table. There are eleven7on the cake. Is there anything to 8？ Sure! There is apple juice，orange juice and milk on the table. Orange juice is Rick's 9 drink.

    The family will have the birthday dinner after Rick's father 10 home. He usually gets home at a quarter to seven.

    "You're doing it all wrong," said Ryan.

    "You're nuts!" shouted Tom. "I'm the best jumper there ever was!"

    "Then why can't you touch the doorframe (门框)?"

    "It's 1, okay?"

    Tom looked straight up. The doorframe was ten feet high. 2 could jump high enough to touch it, even older kids. But Ryan had dared (激某人做某事) Tom that he couldn't do it, and so Tom had to 3.

    He muttered, "I'm the best jumper there ever was."

    It all started one day last year, a Frisbee (飞盘) was stuck in a tree. It was so 4 that nobody could get it. And Tom stood way back from the tree and got a running start. When he was going as 5 as he could run, he leapt. It was like he was in the air forever, and then he felt the Frisbee in his hand. From then on, when there was a problem that could be solved by 6, they called Tom.

    Everybody 7 Ryan loved their jumping champion(冠军). 8 Tom came along, he had been the best jumper in the class. Ever since then, Ryan had been 9 the chance to take revenge(报复).

    "Come on," he 10 Tom, "You can't jump just a little bit higher? I thought you were the best jumper!"

    Tom gritted his teeth, tensed his legs and threw his body up into the air. And he 11 fell short by at least two feet.

    "It's impossible," he said.

    "Ha! I knew it."

    "12 we work together."

    "Excuse me?"

    "Neither of us can jump high enough to touch it alone, but if we work together…" Tom 13.

    A few minutes later, Tom went down on his knee and held Ryan's foot in his hands.

    "One…two…three!" shouted Tom. On three, Ryan put all his 14 on Tom's hands, and Tom threw him up into the air. Ryan's hand hit the doorframe and fell down laughing.

    "15 did it!" he said.

    "Now it's my turn!" said Tom.

    Together, they were the best jumpers there ever were.