题目内容：

On my daughter Norah’s fourth birthday, we stopped at the supermarket after school. Norah waved at a man a couple of steps away, “Hi, old person! It’s my birthday today!”__________I could ask the earth to___ me whole, he turned to us and his rigid expression ___as he replied, “Well, hello, little lady! And how old are you today?” They chatted and he told us to call him Dan. We were____other shoppers and we said sorry, but they didn’t care. There was____happening in the supermarket that day.

I posted the story and a photo on my Facebook later that night. Soon I received a message from a____reader who ___Mr. Dan. I asked for Mr. Dan’s phone number and called him a few days later. He had been____since his wife had gone. I was certain his heart was____by my little girl and that he needed that_______.

We visited Mr. Dan’s tidy house—_______of his wife still____displayed everywhere. He was patient and kind with my talkative, constantly moving girl. He____a child’s table, blank paper and crayons for Norah to draw some pictures for him to display on his refrigerator.

Norah asks about Mr. Dan every day. She wants him to feel___. Mr. Dan thinks about Norah, too. After another recent visit, he ___ that he hadn’t had an____night’s sleep since his wife died. He told me that he had slept____every night since meeting my girl. “Norah has___    me,” he said.

That left me____and my cheeks wet with tears.

He has been____into my family, and just as Norah said, we're going to love him all up.

1.A. When    B. Before    C. Once    D. Although

2.A. swallow    B. cover    C. chew    D. hide

3.A. strengthened    B. weakened    C. softened    D. toughened

4.A. avoiding    B. gathering    C. inviting    D. blocking

5.A. magic    B. friction    C. panic    D. glory

6.A. practical    B. local    C. critical    D. typical

7.A. recognized    B. appreciated    C. discovered    D. admitted

8.A. merry    B. annoyed    C. stubborn    D. lonely

9.A. shaken    B. switched    C. touched    D. broken

10.A. caution    B. connection    C. unrest    D. separation

11.A. decorations    B. designs    C. reminders    D. materials

12.A. randomly    B. proudly    C. casually    D. loosely

13.A. set out    B. left out    C. let out    D. made out

14.A. moved    B. protected    C. loved    D. respected

15.A. related    B. swore    C. yelled    D. joked

16.A. impressive    B. unbelievable    C. incomparable    D. uninterrupted

17.A. constantly    B. soundly    C. thoroughly    D. quietly

18.A. controlled    B. protected    C. inspired    D. healed

19.A. restless    B. sleepless    C. helpless    D. speechless

20.A. classified    B. equipped    C. absorbed    D. released