I was having a bad week. Christmas was over and the weather was very cold.  21   was piling up. Every teacher seemed to  22  lots of homework. I walked home in the 18-degree cold,  23  overwhelmed （压得喘不过气来） and a little sorry for myself. And then I  24  him, a man obviously  25 , pushing a shopping cart he no doubt “  26  ” from a local supermarket. It probably held most of his earthly possessions, which  27  a disheveled sleeping bag and a few bottles to be returned for a nickel （5分钱）  28 . He stood miserably, clapping his hands and stomping his feet,  29  this action would replace central heating.

And then I  30  how close I was to home and  31 , eventually, I would be warm and safe. It made me  32  about how lucky I was that my primary focus was not warmth or  33 , but academics.  34  so I thought, I have a lot to be thankful for.

I began an alphabetic list of the things I should be thankful for, like April vacation, apple pie, and  35 . My spirits  36  as I remembered barbecues, babies and birthdays. How glad I was  37  had caring teachers, and chicken wings. As I slid my key into the door, I realized that I had only  38  the letter C. I felt warm and grateful. I told myself  39  the next overwhelming day, I would remember to begin  40  the letter D.

   阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从题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。

    I was having a bad week. Christmas was over and the weather was very cold.  _1_ was piling up. Every teacher seemed to  2_lots of homework. I walked home in the 18-degree cold,  3_overwhelmed （压得喘不过气来） and a little sorry for myself. And then I  4him, a man obviously  5, pushing a shopping cart he no doubt “  6” from a local supermarket. It probably held most of his earthly possessions, which  7a disheveled sleeping bag and a few bottles to be returned for a nickel （5分钱）  8. He stood miserably, clapping his hands and stomping his feet,  9this action would replace central heating.

And then I  10how close I was to home and  11, eventually, I would be warm and safe. It made me  12about how lucky I was that my primary focus was not warmth or  13, but academics.  14so I thought, I have a lot to be thankful for.

I began an alphabetic list of the things I should be thankful for, like April vacation, apple pie, and  15. My spirits  16as I remembered barbecues, babies and birthdays. How glad I was  17had caring teachers, and chicken wings. As I slid my key into the door, I realized that I had only  18the letter C. I felt warm and grateful. I told myself  19the next overwhelming day, I would remember to begin  20the letter D.

1.A. Schoolwork    B. Housework    C. Farm work     D. Brain work  

2.A. give          B. receive        C. offer          D. prepare

3.A. to feel        B. felt           C. feeling         D. felt

4.A. watched       B. found        C. met            D. noticed

5.A. worthless      B. careless       C. homeless       D. priceless

6.A. bought        B. owed         C. lent           D. borrowed

7.A. includes       B. including      C. to include      D. included

8.A. every         B. each          C. per            D. any

9.A. as if          B. even if        C. what if         D. only if

10.A. reminded      B. realized       C. noted          D. thought

11.A. where        B. when         C. why            D. how

12.A. talk          B. care          C. think           D. worry

13.A. water         B. food         C. money          D. cold

14.A. And          B. But           C. However       D. While

15.A. agreement    B. autumn      C. access        D. attitude

16.A. raised        B. rising       C. raising        D. rose

17.A. having       B. had         C. to have       D. to be

18.A. arrived       B. got         C. reached       D. approached

19.A. that          B. how        C. what         D. whether

20.A. from         B. with        C. to           D. at