题目内容：

It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat ______ we had to take the girls to their next activity.My husband seemed a bit ______ that dinner was not on the table.

That night, I had a heavy ______, thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水线). We had become too ______ in our own tasks and not very considerate towards those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would ______ our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.

I bought a notebook, named it "Our Deed Diary" and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a ______ for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our ______. And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.

I thought one deed a day was too easy. However, it was actually ______ than it seemed because it had to be something ______ what we had already done. Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not ______.

We had a rough ______. On some days,someone would forget to ______ a good deed, while on other days, we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary. After a few weeks though, I found myself waking up in the morning trying to ______ what good deed I could do for someone that day. My daughters began to rush to me after school to ______ me the good deed they had done.

Now, after a year, I am happy to say that it is making a（n）______ in our lives. Instead of always  ______ what the day will bring for us, we think bout what we can do for someone else.

Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so ______? I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only ______ by giving to someone else from your heart. The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don't even look for or expect anything in ______. So, when someone does return the favor,it is an enormous and positive ______.

1.A. though    B. unless    C. before    D. while

2.A. annoyed    B. puzzled    C. embarrassed    D. frightened

3.A. shoulder    B. stomach    C. foot    D. heart

4.A. absorbed    B. interested    C. confident    D. successful

5.A. repeat    B. relate    C. refocus    D. recall

6.A. kindness    B. task    C. job    D. copy

7.A. room    B. home    C. school    D. town

8.A. stranger    B. sweeter    C. harder    D. bigger

9.A. beyond    B. from    C. about    D. between

10.A. matter    B. count    C. last    D. happen

11.A. time    B. life    C. start    D. idea

12.A. praise    B. check    C. record    D. do

13.A. describe    B. decide    C. remember    D. explain

14.A. bring    B. teach    C. offer    D. tell

15.A. effort    B. choice    C. difference    D. fortune

16.A. forgetting    B. believing    C. knowing    D. wondering

17.A. tiring    B. moving    C. surprising    D. rewarding

18.A. experience    B. imagine    C. predict    D. exchange

19.A. silence    B. return    C. time    D. order

20.A. effect    B. bonus    C. attitude    D. contribution