her on her nose and carried her out to sea with them.

　　"It feels like I'm flying！" cried Lee, laughing with joy.

　　Lee's family hadn't heard her laugh like that since before she became ill. In that hour with the dolphins, Lee was strong and happy like she used to be.

　　The next day Lee was too weak to get out of bed. She told Robert, "Daddy, don't be sad for me. I'll never be afraid again. The dolphins have made me understand that I have nothing to fear."

　　Just before night fell, Robert's little girl died in his arms. The next day they went out to scatter (撒) her ashes in the ocean among the dolphins as she wanted. And then, suddenly, through their tears, they saw Nat and Tursi jumping out of the water.

　　As Robert said, "They had come to take our daughter home."

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。15岁的花季少女在去世前实现了自己与海豚共舞的梦想。

　　5．The underlined word "absurd" in the text probably means ________.

　　A．real B．strange

　　C．impossible D．pleasant

　　解析：选C　词义猜测题。根据该词后面的"she was so ill that she couldn't walk without help"可知，由于Lee已经无法独立行走，她想和海豚在大海里畅游的梦想是荒谬的，不可能实现的。

　　6．During her stay at Grass Key, Lee ________.

　　A．had a good time there

　　B．was uninterested in Nat and Tursi

　　C．became healthy again

　　D．died in the open sea unexpectedly

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第八段和第九段中的"In that hour with the dolphins, Lee was strong and happy like she used to be."可知，Lee在Grass Key玩得非常开心。

　　7．It seemed that Lee ________.

　　A．was never afraid of death

　　B．had a deep love for dolphins

　　C．understood dolphins very well

　　D．used to have a hard and unhappy life

解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第三段可知，Lee从小就希望能和海豚一起自由自在、开开心心地在大海里游来游去；再根据倒数第二段中的"scatter (撒) her ashes in the ocean