TowardseveningJenniferwaswalkingonthebeachwithagentlebreezeblowingthroughherhair.Lookingupatthegoldenredsunballshewassurprisedbyitscolordeepredinthemiddlesoftlyfadingintoyellow.Shecouldhearnothingbutthewavesandtheseagullsflyingupaboveinthesky. Theatmosphererelaxedher.Thiswaswhatsheneeded.“It’sgettinglate”shethought“Imust gohome.MyparentswillbewonderingwhereIam.”Shewonderedhowherparentswouldreactwhenshegothomeafterthethreedaysshewasmissing.Shekeptonwalkingdirectingherselftobungalow163whereshespenteverysummerholiday.Theroadwasdeserted.Shewalkedslowlyandsilently.Justinafewhundredmetersshewouldhavebeensafeinherhouse.
Itwasreallygettingdarknow.Shewishedshehadherfavoritecoaton.Itmightkeepherreallywarm.Sheimaginedhavingitwithher.Thisthoughtdissipated(消散)whenshefinallysawherfrontdoor.Itseemeddifferent.Nobodyhadtakencareoftheoutsidegardenforafewdays.Shewasshocked:herfatherwasusuallysostrictaboutkeepingeverythingcleanandtidybutnow…
Sheenteredthehouse.Firstshewentintothekitchenandsawanotewrittenbyherfather“DearEllenthere’ssomecoffeeready;Iwentlooking.”ButwherewasEllen?Ontherightsideofthehallwaywasherparents’room.Shewentinandsawher.Hermotherlyingonthebedwassleeping.Herfacelookedsotiredasifshehadn’tsleptfordays.Shewasreallypale.Jenniferwouldhavewantedtowakeherupbutshelookedtootired.SoJenniferjustfellasleepbesideher.WhenJenniferwokeupsomethingwasdifferent.Shewasn’tinhermother’sroomandshewasn’twearingtheoldclothessheranawayin.Shewasinhercozybedinherpajamas(睡衣).
Itfeltsogoodbeingbackhome.Suddenlysheheardavoice.“Areyoufeelingbetternowdear?Youknowyougotusveryveryscared.”
33.Jenniferdecidedtogohomebecause__________.
A.itwasgettingcold
B.sherealizedherparentswereworried
C.shebegantomissherparents
D.sheknewnobodywouldtakecareofthegarden
34.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?
A.Jenniferwenthometofetchherfavoritecoat.
B.Jennifer’sfatherwassoworriedthathecouldn’ttakecareoftheoutsidegarden.