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完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。 "My aunt will come down soon, Mr. Nuttel," said a very calm young lady of fifteen years old. Framton Nuttel was 1 to be going through a cure for his disease, but now he 2 whether this visit to the village would help. “Do you know many of the people round here?” asked the niece 3 she thought they had sat long enough 4 . “Hardly one” said Framton. “Then you know 5 about my aunt?” continued the lady, “Out through that window, 6 three years ago, her husband and two brothers went off for their day's shooting. In 7 the country, they were all there 8 in a bog(沼泽).” Here the child's voice 9 its calm and became almost human (as she was always good at making up stories). “Aunt always 10 they will some day walk in at that window just as they used to do. Sometimes on 11 evenings like this, I almost get a strange 12 that they will all …” She stopped when the aunt came 13 into the room. “Bera has been 14 you? She’s always making up stories.” she said. “She is very interesting,” said Framton. “I hope you don' t mind the open window. My husband and brothers will be home soon from shooting, and they always come in this way." She talked on 15 about the shooting and the hopes of shooting in the winter. To Framton it was all quite 16 in the increasing darkness. He made a great17 | 
