(06·全国Ⅱ)

The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition（过渡期）for me.    21    is probably true with many people. I got quite homesick and    22    thought about going home.

Although the   23   time for many students is getting   24   from home, my mailbox was frequently   25  . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard   26   out at me. I sat down to read it,   27   a note from someone back home.   28   I became increasingly puzzled （困惑）as   29   postcards were like this; It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and   30   about it.

Several days later I   31   another postcard, this one   32   news about Maybelline, Mabel’s

cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another,   33   full of news of different people. I began to   34   look forward to the next one,   35   to see what this author would come up with  36  . I was never   37  .

    Finally, the cards   38   coming, right about the time I had begun to feel   39   about college life. They had been such a happy distraction（调剂）that I have   40   all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift.

21．A．If                           B．So                           C．As                        D．What

22．A．often                      B．carefully                  C．seldom                 D．merely

23．A．hard                       B．last                          C．busiest                  D．happiest

24．A．visitors                   B．letters                      C．calls                     D．directions

25．A．empty                     B．full                          C．closed                  D．open

26．A．pouring                   B．reaching                   C．staring                  D．rolling

27．A．describing               B．considering              C．enjoying                D．expecting

28．A．But                         B．Thus                       C．Also                     D．Even

29．A．any                        B．no                           C．some                    D．such

30．A．joked                      B．talked                      C．forgot                   D．cared

31．A．mailed                    B．accepted                  C．wrote                   D．received

32．A．delivering                B．demanding               C．discovering           D．developing

33．A．one                        B．each                        C．either                    D．both

34．A．nearly                     B．possibly                   C．usually                  D．really

35．A．promising               B．surprised                  C．interested              D．pretending

36．A．below                     B．lately                       C．next                     D．behind

37．A．frightened               B．disappointed             C．excited                 D．pleased

38．A．continued                B．stopped                    C．started                  D．avoided

39．A．easy                       B．safe                         C．tired                     D．anxious

40．A．lost                        B．collected                  C．torn                      D．saved