请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。
Slowly, I opened my eyes and found my legs hard to move.
A jar and a whip (鞭子) were in my sight. I smelled old plants. Stinky! I looked inside the jar. It was a dark liquid (液体). I guessed this gift might be able to make people get____16____. I tried it. It tasted awful, so it must be good for us!
Wow! It____17____. I wasn’t tired any more! I held a rope with one hand and slid all the way down. Then I tied the rope to the top of the cliff and slid down again with its help.
“Woohoo!” I screamed to my friends. They got out of my way quickly. I____18____the ground and bounced (反弹) back up. “I met the Emperor of Medicine, and he looks like all of you!” I shouted with excitement. “I’ve got medicine...and...a whip. Not sure____19____the Emperor of Medicine gave me a whip, but it’s lots of fun! Let’s go!” At my words, they were very____20____, but followed me.
We hurried toward the____21____but took a path that ended in a bush. There were too many grasses and other plants for us to move forward. I used my whip to cut through the bush. Then I tasted the juice of the plants I had cut. Suddenly, my tongue (舌头) ____22____feeling anything.
I now knew the value of the whip. “This juice would be useful for____23____.” I said. “My tongue is unable to feel.” I turned to my friends. “See, all the medicines people need are already here, ____24____. We only need to find and share them.”
Our friends worked in groups. Some went on to take the medicine jar to the village. Others explored with me. In that bush I began to_____25_____. My friends helped me make detailed notes about every plant, including my feelings.
We travelled together, looking for_____26_____. We found the red mushroom which cured me after I couldn’t breathe because of a poisonous (有毒的) plant. And every night, we wrote down what we had learned. “This plant can cure a bad stomach.” “Don’t have this, or it may hurt you.”
We also knew what we had to do. I had to try every plant. My friends had to_____27_____the knowledge. Then people would live and be healthy. We all knew that one day I would eat a plant that would_____28_____me. And my friends would write everything about it. Then_____29_____else would die from eating that poison. We didn’t talk about what would happen, but we knew.
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I happened on top of a cliff. I took a bite of a plant and felt my insides_____30_____. My friends ran to me. Their faces were the face of the Emperor of Medicine. I could not look away from my last view. There was too much beauty.
16. A. smart B. well C. curious D. interested
17. A. moved B. smelled C. appeared D. worked
18. A. cleaned B. visited C. hit D. set
19. A. when B. why C. where D. how
20. A. excited B. touched C. relaxed D. surprised
21. A. forest B. mountain C. village D. farm
22. A. began B. continued C. stopped D. risked
23. A. pain B. hunger C. mood D. sleep
24. A. growing B. guarding C. changing D. passing
25. A. dream B. wait C. plant D. eat
26. A. fruits B. medicines C. friends D. doctors
27. A. accept B. avoid C. share D. shape
28. A. kill B. bite C. cure D. save
29. A. somebody B. nobody C. anybody D. everybody
30. A. wake B. breathe C. reduce D. break
文章大意：本文讲述了作者和他的朋友们为了村庄里的人们健康的生活，而一起上山去寻找草药的故事。为了知道每一种草药的功效，作者不得不吃尝每一种草药，最后因为吃了一种有毒的草药，致使作者的内脏损坏。