题目内容：

根据短文内外和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

For the rest of the day, a breath of fresh air seemed to blow through the house. Something b1.than sunshine brightened the quiet rooms. When the girls met, their pale faces broke into s2., they hugged each other and whispered, “Mother is coming,! mother is coming!”

The snow continued to fall all day. The hours passed very s3.. The doctor came and told them to hope for a c4. in Beth’s condition, for better or worse, at about midnight. Hanna lay down on the sofa and fell fast a5.. Mr. Laurence walked up and down the parlor(会客厅), looking w6.. Laurie lay on the rug and looked into the fire.

The girls didn’t sleep at all that night. The house was very q7., but outside the wind was whistling in the trees. Just after midnight, Laurie went out to the station to pick up Mrs March while it was s8. hard. Two hours later, Jo was looking out of the window of Beth’s room when she heard a noise .She looked around. Meg was sitting on the floor with her h9. over her face. Hannah was still asleep.

“Beth’s dead and Meg’s afraid to tell me,” Jo thought. She ran to the bed. Beth’s f10. was very pale but peaceful. There was no sign for suffering on it any more.