Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

I learned to do wood work when I was very young.

I remember I made my first project—a small table when I was 9 years old. I was so _________ of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) _________. It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to_________ it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a(an) _________ . She was the head mistress of our orphanage（孤儿院）, who was always kind but _________ with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating(清漆), our woodworking teacher told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so _________ and happy that I couldn’t wait I dashed out like a _________ , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was _________ it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand _________it, she noticed that it was still wet.

“Were you _________ to bring this home?” she asked.

“No, ma’am,” I _________ with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was _________ stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but the dirt would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet and never _________ it. However, a year later during a cleaning-up, it was discovered. Painfully, I had to give the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent, thinking that she would _________ it away.

Thirty years later at a reunion, I _________ that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her _________ to get something important. I followed her _________ into a dark corner. She picked something up. _________ she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of _________ to Mother Henderson, who kept the table for a young orphan who _________ it so much.

1.A. tired B. ashamed C. proud D. amused

2.A. award B. wonder C. record D. product

3.A. complete B. invent C. fix D. design

4.A. award B. souvenir C. prize D. gift

5.A. satisfied B. patient C. cruel D. strict

6.A. upset B. excited C. amazed D. confident

7.A. thief B. hero C. flash D. smog

8.A. admiring B. decorating C. drying D. hiding

9.A. across B. into C. above D. behind

10.A. determined B. embarrassed C. encouraged D. supposed

11.A. agreed B. sighed C. whispered D. argued

12.A. glue B. dirt C. paint D. wood

13.A. felt B. shook C. rented D. touched

14.A. put B. throw C. take D. give

15.A. remembered B. expected C. learned D. recommended

16.A. basement B. balcony C. bathroom D. bedroom

17.A. unwillingly B. curiously C. doubtfully D. worriedly

18.A. Before B. Since C. Until D. As

19.A. devotion B. concern C. appreciation D. regret

20.A. counted B. mattered C. valued D. minded

Answer 1