题目内容：

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。

       Anna pushed herself up from the bench and walked steadily with her walking sticks toward the office．As soon as she entered the room, she saw it．_____16______ blue umbrella was there, unopened, ____17______ a floor-to-ceiling window．_____18____（see） it so near, nearly within reach, Anna forgot herself and pointed to her possession．

       “That is mine,” she said．“My son brought it to me from Paris and I want it back．”

       The man had risen when she entered and he ___19_______（remain） standing．He turned to look at the umbrella ____20______ she pointed．“Yes．I know the umbrella is from Paris, ” he said, showing a mix of innocence and curiosity．“Actually, it ____21______（make） in Italy, but it’s sold in Paris．It’s not the one your son gave you．I bought it myself．”

       Anna stared at him．Was he claiming that it was his own umbrella? She had run all the way to this office building from the shop _____22______ her umbrella was stolen．

       “My son gave _____23_____ to me,” Anna countered．“ It means everything to me, because my son is ____24______（die）．”

       As soon as she said them, Anna knew she had made a mistake．She had opened herself up to a stranger．He had no business knowing the most important fact of her life, a grief she kept private．___25_____could anyone understand what her son’s death meant to her?