题目内容：

As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her tiny face.

___ and wet, my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi. I knew the ____. Just after her first birthday, we were told our daughter Katie has a ____ brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept ______. We knew Katie was running out of ____. It had taken months before we finally had a name for the ____, but we were told only a few of specialists in the world knew how to _____ it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to ____ our girl, we were in a strange ____ in the cold rain.

Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and said, “Pardon me? May I offer you a(n) ____?” Before we could say anything, she continued, “It’s really no ____ for me. Just get in.”It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent, which ____ me up like hot soup. We simply said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital,  please,” as we got in her car for the ride.

“Are you going ____ the baby?”she asked us. I nodded my head, holding back my ____. At the hospital, we ____ her a dozen times for the ride. As the woman hugged me, I______her face was wet with tears. She promised to ____ for us before she left.

After three more visits to New York and two more ____ operations, Erica is cured. But the_____ of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our_____ days.

1.A. Excited    B. Frustrated    C. Worried    D. Satisfied

2.A. feeling    B. spirit    C. message    D. sense

3.A. simple    B. rare    C. normal    D. natural

4.A. coming    B. lowering    C. disappearing    D. running

5.A. courage    B. confidence    C. money    D. time

6.A. race    B. illness    C. doctor    D. challenge

7.A. explain    B. check    C. reach    D. treat

8.A. protect    B. meet    C. save    D. encourage

9.A. country    B. hospital    C. town    D. city

10.A. ride    B. seat    C. car    D. umbrella

11.A. trouble    B. difference    C. question    D. loss

12.A. picked    B. called    C. warmed    D. woke

13.A. to    B. for    C. after    D. with

14.A. surprise    B. anger    C. smile    D. tears

15.A. thanked    B. praised    C. respected    D. accepted

16.A. guessed    B. believed    C. understood    D. noticed

17.A. work    B. sing    C. drive    D. pray

18.A. eye    B. brain    C. kidney    D. heart

19.A. voice    B. bravery    C. reward    D. advice

20.A. busiest    B. 1uckiest    C. darkest    D. happiest