阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的四个选项(A,B,C 和D中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Still in shock I wandered about the house trying to decide what to put into the suitcases.__1___ that evening I had received a call from my hometown in Missouri telling me that my brother and his wife had been killed in a car _2____. “ Come as soon as you can,” ___3___ my mother.
While Larry, my husband, made plane ___4___ for the following morning, I aimlessly_5___ things and put them down. I couldn’t focus. Occasionally, someone phoned and said, “ ___6__ there’s anything I can do, let me know.” “Thank you very much, ” I’d___7__. But I didn’t know what to ask for.
When the __8___ rang, I ___9__ slowly and opened the door, seeing Emerson, our neighbor, standing on the porch(门廊). “ I’ve come to ___10___ your shoes,” he said. Confused, I asked him to repeat. “I just want to __11___you. I remember when my father died, it ___12__me hours to get the children’s shoes cleaned and shined for the funeral. So that’s what I’ve come to do for you. Give me all your shoes-not just your good shoes ,but all your shoes.”
While Emerson__13__ newspaper on the kitchen floor, I gathered Larry’s shoes, my heels and the children’s ___14___ shoes. While we cleared the supper dishes, he continued to work, saying nothing.
One by one , the jobs fell into __15__. I went into the laundry room to put a load of wash into the dryer, returning to the kitchen to find that Emerson had left. In a line against one wall stood all our shoes, spotless. I could put the shoes ___16__ into the suitcase.
Now, whenever I __17___an acquaintance who has lost a loved one, I no longer call with the vague(含糊的) offer, “ If there’s anything I can do…” Now I try to think of one__18___ task that suits that person’s need –such washing the family car, house-sitting ___19__the funeral…And if the person says to me, “ How did you know I needed that done?” I reply, “It’s because a man __20__cleaned my shoes. ”
21. A.Late | B.Later | C.Earlier | D.Former |
22. A.accident | B.chance | C.show | D.holiday |
23. A.bent | B.begged | C.began | D.bargained |
24. A.observation | B.reservations | C.preparations | D.services |
25. A.picked up | B.picked at | C.picked out | D.picked off |
26. A.Since | B.If | C.Unless | D.Until |
27. 28. A.door | B.doorbell | C.radio | D.telephone |
29. A.raised | B.rose | C.jumped | D.ran |
30. A.throw | B.collect | C.clean | D.polish |
31. A.help | B.leave | C.save | D.call |
32. A.spent | B.leave | C.cost | D.took |
33. A.spread | B.took | C.split | D.spit |
34. 35. A.site | B.location | C.spot | D.place |
36. A.fortunately | B.sadly | C.shortly | D.directly |
37. A.rely on | B.dream of | C.hear of | D.think back |
38. A.special | B.tough | C.sparkling | D.specific |
39. A.after | B.during | C.before | D.through |
40. A.once | B.ago | C.always | D.often |