题目内容：

I believe in respecting and thanking the dustmen. In my mind, they are the most _______ people all over the world.

_______ Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, it took a while before the dustmen could get back to their jobs. There were a lot of _______about why trash wasn’t picked yp more quickly. Having lived in New Orleans for many years, I felt extremely _______ to see the city where I grew up turn into the biggest landfill(垃圾场) in the country.

The dustmen finally came with excavators(挖掘机) and dump trucks to _______ their task. Maybe we should be in high spirits as they_______the trash, but we couldn’t in fact. We all had a strong sense of great _______ and loss as they loaded our once prized possessions into the back of the dump truck as useless  _______ .

My mother and I stood there, _______ the dustmen doing their jobs. We waited for that final feeling of ________that there was no more trash to worry about, but it didn’t come. As the man in the excavator ________ a piece of broken precious furniture, my mother suddenly burst out crying. Seeing this, the dustman ________ shut down the excavator and walked over to my mother to ________ her.

A few minutes later, the man and my mother walked over to the excavator again. Then, I saw my mother actually ________the excavator. She picked up our trash and dumped it into the dump truck. My mother was excited, and her tears of sadness and pain turned to tears of ________. What he did made me very ________. When all the work was finished, I sincerely ________ him.

One year has gone, and thanks to the dustmen, the city looks ________ than expected. Now, whenever a trash truck blocks my path in the street, I usually express my ________ for the dustmen through ________ waiting for them to complete their job.

1.A. confident    B. beautiful    C. ambitious    D. outgoing

2.A. Until    B. After    C. While    D. If

3.A. conversations    B. comments    C. complaints    D. concerns

4.A. frustrated    B. amazed    C. relaxed    D. scared

5.A. compete    B. change    C. confirm    D. complete

6.A. divided    B. removed    C. checked    D. possessed

7.A. richness    B. kindness    C. sadness    D. happiness

8.A. trash    B. furniture    C. truck    D. gift

9.A. helping    B. imagining    C. hearing    D. watching

10.A. responsibility    B. satisfaction    C. disappointment    D. curiosity

11.A. dug up    B. showed up    C. gave up    D. brought up

12.A. immediately    B. absolutely    C. basically    D. probably

13.A. meet    B. recognize    C. appreciate    D. comfort

14.A. destroy    B. produce    C. operate    D. repair

15.A. forgiveness    B. panic    C. joy    D. anxiety

16.A. angry    B. confused    C. grateful    D. curious

17.A. thanked    B. hurt    C. annoyed    D. ignored

18.A. uglier    B. smaller    C. dirtier    D. better

19.A. worries    B. excitements    C. respects    D. troubles

20.A. doubtfully    B. patiently    C. fearfully    D. stubbornly