12. C。根据后面的“enough to pull his friend out”可知，小男孩凿开的洞要足够大(large)。

　　13. A。他们都在表扬(praising)小男孩的勇敢(bravery)和冷静。

　　14. B。参见上题解析。

　　15. D。根据前面的“they were all surprised”可知，他们很想知道(wondered)小男孩是怎么做到的。

　　16. A。根据“the branch was bigger and heavier”可知，树枝比较大、比较沉，像他那样大的孩子显然(Obviously)是拿不动的。

　　17. B。根据后面的“to hammer a hole”可推知，小男孩要一次又一次地举起(raise)树枝才能砸冰。

　　18. C。这里用effort指小男孩非凡的努力。

　　19. D。根据上文的“How did he manage to do it？”可知，人们在议论小男孩是怎么做到的。故选D项。

　　20. B。老人要说明原因，大家当然是静静地看着他。故选B项。

　　Ⅳ. 阅读理解

　　One morning there was a message on the answering machine from an angry customer, complaining about her lack of service－service that had been stopped because her check had bounced(拒付)．

　　As it is my job to handle payments received, it was my duty to collect the check. As is often the case when a check bounces, I soon found that this woman's phone number was no longer in service. A check of the caller I．D. told us the call had come from the manager's office of the apartment building where our customer lived. We left a message with the manager and within the hour our call was returned.

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