题目内容：

    I was a boy of nine in 1960. I used to mow the lawn for Mrs. Long. She paid me little for the job, but _________ to give me a Christmas present.

I spent much time _________ what it would be. Many boys had baseball gloves or ice skates and I was _________ to have any of these. “It would _________ be a baseball glove,” I _________ with myself. She wouldn’t know much about baseball. So I was _________ that she would give me ice skates. I even _________ myself upon the skates.

As Christmas approached, it was with _________ that I stopped myself from reporting to Mrs. Long and demanding my present. On December 22, I _________ myself at the door of the house. Mrs. Long sat me in a chair and handed me a small box which under no circumstances could __________ a pair of skates. I was __________. When lifting it from her, I was curious about the __________ of the present. It weighed almost nothing.

“What is it?” I asked.   

“A kind of magic,” she said. Her words were enough to set my mind dancing with new __________ . There were other presents of normal dimension and weight. But Mrs. Long’s box dominated all, for it had to do with __________ .

On Christinas morning, before the sun was up, I had this box on my knees. With great __________ I opened the box to find inside ten sheets of black paper, each labeled in colorful letters, Carbon Paper Regal Premium. “What is it?” I asked. Mum took two pieces of white paper, placed between them one of the black paper, and wrote my name on the upper sheet. Then she handed me the second sheet, which her pencil had in no way touched. There was my name!

It was a miracle to my __________ mind. In that one moment, I __________ the ideas about the duplication (复制) of words and the printing and the mystery of spreading ideas. Thank Mrs. Long for her __________ to guess that a boy might profit from a present totally outside the realm (领域) of his __________ experience.

The average present __________ satisfies a temporary desire; the great one lights up all the years of life that remain.

1.A.allowed B.promised C.attempted D.reminded

2.A.asking B.recalling C.proving D.wondering

3.A.eager B.generous C.amused D.determined

4.A.possibly B.usually C.hardly D.definitely

5.A.reasoned B.inquired C.checked D.complained

6.A.shocked B.convinced C.delighted D.satisfied

7.A.prepared B.expected C.taught D.imagined

8.A.anxiety B.patience C.difficulty D.confirmation

9.A.presented B.forced C.urged D.employed

10.A.cover B.hold C.include D.involve

11.A.angry B.regretful C.awkward D.disappointed

12.A.value B.shape C.lightness D.meaning

13.A.features B.proposals C.experiences D.possibilities

14.A.magic B.interest C.love D.belief

15.A.surprise B.energy C.excitement D.confidence

16.A.sharp B.childish. C.brilliant D.creative

17.A.spread B.understood C.remembered D.practiced

18.A.wisdom B.kindness C.privilege D.encouragement

19.A.rich B.precious C.ordinary D.unforgettable

20.A.even B.still C.once D.merely