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阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

“Are you going shopping today?” my husband, Roy, asked when I answered the telephone. “I ______ to,” I said. Thanksgiving was only a couple days away. My money was ______ and I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day.

For a few seconds, Roy sat ______ on the other end of the line. The nervousness gradually increased under the wordlessness, which I couldn’t wait to break through. “Why do you ask?” I whispered, ______ what he might say.

“Nancy, there’s a family with six kids that will not have anything to ______ for Thanksgiving. The little one is only five years old. While you’re at the store could you ______ buy something for them?” My head began to spin when I was thinking about the fifty dollars I had ______ for our family’s Thanksgiving dinner.

In the back of my mind I ______ the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner. I put my head down on my desk, already feeling ______. There’s no way possible, I thought. But the compassion (怜悯) I heard in my husband’s ______ struck a nerve inside me.

I replied, “______ but only if God helps.”

I finished my work and______ all the way to the nearest grocery store. I entered the parking lot and noticed a big ______ in the grocery store window: Turkeys---14 cents a pound. “Thank God!” I said to myself.

I went inside, but when I read the sign my heart ______. “Limit one.” But I needed at least two so I decided to find the manager. I ______ the problem. He made an exception. To my ______, I had enough money. I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the five-year-old child who had ______ my heart, even though I had never met her.

Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home ______ with children of all ages. I will never forget the ______ on the six kids’ faces.

By far, that was the greatest ______ of my life.

1.A.plan B.refuse C.fail D.agree

2.A.private B.enough C.endless D.limited

3.A.nervously B.silently C.friendly D.excitedly

4.A.arranging B.receiving C.fearing D.blaming

5.A.eat B.do C.pay D.say

6.A.freely B.possibly C.gently D.regularly

7.A.lent B.pulled C.hidden D.saved

8.A.invited B.organized C.counted D.connected

9.A.affected B.defeated C.satisfied D.bored

10.A.voice B.face C.heart D.body

11.A.Bad B.Poor C.Sure D.Afraid

12.A.angered B.worried C.wondered D.prayed

13.A.flower B.sign C.book D.word

14.A.sank B.fell C.ended D.held

15.A.explained B.promised C.required D.corrected

16.A.horror B.sadness C.credit D.surprise

17.A.broken B.stolen C.operated D.supported

18.A.covered B.shaped C.filled D.made

19.A.sorrow B.loneliness C.disappointment D.smiles

20.A.year B.season C.Thanksgiving D.reward

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