阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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A．ndy rode slowly on his way to school, day-dreaming about the fishing trip that his father had prornised him. He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was unaware of everything else around him.

H．e rode along until a strange around drew him to the present.He came to a stop and looked curiously up to the heavens.What he saw him. A huge swarm of bees filled the sky like clack cloud and the buzzing mass towards him.

With no wast.Andy sped off in the opposite direction, riding without knowing how to escape the swarm a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping furiously down the rough road. As the bees came closer, his panic incread. Andy knew that he was sensitive to bee stings(蜇).The last sting had landed him in hospital-and that was only one bee sting!He had been forced to stay in bead for two whole days.Suddenly,his father’s words came to him.“When you are in a tight situation, don’t panie. Use your brain and think your ways out of it.”

On a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly skywards form. the chimney of the Nelson family home.“Bees don’t like smoke,”he thought.“They couldn’t get into the house.”Andy raced towards the Nelson house, but

the bees were gaining ground. Andy knew be could not reach the house in time. He estimated that the bees would eatch up with him soon.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a small dam used by Mr. Nelson to irnigate his vegetable garden. Off his bike and into the cool water he dived, disappearing below the surface and away from the savage insects. After holding his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees has gone. Dragging himself out of the dang the struggled up the hilly slope and rang the doorbell. Mr Nelson took hism inside and rang his mother.

“You’ll really red that aming break to help you recover, ” laughed his mother with lelief. “Thank goodness you didn’t paril But Andy did not hear her. He was dreaming once again at the she he would catch tomorrow.”

56. Why did Andy fail to notice the swarm of bees earlier?

A． He was riding to school.

B． He was listening to a strange sound.

C． He was going fishing with his father.

D． He was lost in the thought of the fishing trip.

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