题目内容：

When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and _____ a few animals there.

One of our new neighbors ____ some ducks. They seemed very lovely. However, they were ____ to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards -- ____ ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and wonder ____ there wasn’t a fence to keep them.

One day, I asked her if she ____her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her ____ and he was away traveling. My attitude (态度) to her was bad.

We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a ____, so our son built one. The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again ____ months later.

A women’s church group asked me to ___ at their mother and daughter’s party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my ____, the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been ____with my neighbor. So I walked ____to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave me and then we talked a lot.

Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me ____ you, if at all possible, to clear the ____between you.

1.A. put          B. keep          C. send          D. take

2.A. bought       B. sold           C. dropped       D. showed

3.A. made        B. allowed        C. forced        D. chosen

4.A. except       B. but            C. without       D. including

5.A. what        B. why            C. if            D. when

6.A. saw         B. understood      C. thought       D. realized

7.A. husband’s    B. daughter’s       C. wife’s        D. grandma’s

8.A. fence        B. house           C. nest         D. room

9.A. after         B. before          C. until          D. while

10.A. speak        B. talk            C. say           D. tell

11.A. excitement    B. joy            C. glad          D. surprise

12.A. nice         B. patient          C. friendly       D. annoyed

13.A. up          B. along            C. towards       D. down

14.A. offer        B. lift              C. encourage     D. afford

15.A. air          B. difficulty         C. pleasure      D. trash