题目内容：

It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm door on the top step.

    "Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say “no” __  __looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin scandals (凉鞋),wet with heavy snow.     

“Come in and I'11         you a cup of hot cocoa.”

         They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet shoes left        on the floor．I     __   them cocoa and toast with jam        the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget. The silence in the front door __  __me. I looked in. The girl__    the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat        ," Lady ．．． are you rich?"

         "Am I rich? Mercy,         !"  I looked at my shabby slipcover(家具套)．The girl put her cup back in its saucer（茶碟）       .

         “Your cups match your saucers．”

         Her voice was ___  __with a need that no amount of food could supply．They left after that, holding their       against the wind．They hadn't said thank you．

         They didn’t         to. They had done more than that. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they  __  __.

            I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a     __  over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these things matched, too．

    I moved the chairs back from the fire and       the living room．The muddy prints of small scandals were still         on my floor. “       them be for a while,” I thought. Just        I should begin to forget how         I am.

1.A． when         B． after        C． while          D． until

2.A． make         B． provide   C． do     D． cook

3.A． signs         B． signals      C． marks         D． symbols

4.A． showed       B． served    C． carried      D． supplied

5.A． against        B． from       C． on     D． in

6.A． beat            B． struck          C． got    D． noticed

7.A． watched              B． lifted  C． held  D． put

8.A． word          B． method       C． state D． voice

9.A． yes              B． sure   C． no     D． always

10.A． suddenly          B． carefully     C． quickly       D． anxiously

11.A． hungry     B． satisfied      C． pleased     D． curious

12.A． books       B． papers        C． dishes        D． drinks

13.A． dare         B． plan    C． want D． need

14.A． shone      B． matched     C． broke         D． equaled

15.A． house      B． ceiling         C． roof  D． curtain

16.A． washed             B． rubbed       C． wiped        D． tidied

17.A． dry           B． gone  C． wet   D． new

18.A． Made       B． Let      C． Got    D． Kept

19.A． in case     B． as if    C． if only        D． only if

20.A． nice          B． free    C． busy  D． rich