题目内容：

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn't ______ what he wanted to get from life, but something told him to get out and begin a new adventure(冒险).

He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US,______ going on to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Philippines. He ______ his wife and three daughters with him and went wherever the road took him.

It's easy to feel lonely when you're on the ______. As my mother said repeatedly, “We made lots of new friends on our trip—most of them were mechanics(机修工)”, since we often spent hours in ______ shops. But that was better than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine(发动机) to cool when it was 40℃ outside.

Getting along well with each other sometimes ______ impossible. There were always a lot of arguments, especially among us back­seat passengers about ______ had to sit in the middle.

But ______ it was hard at that time, we did learn a lot about forgiveness(谅解).

When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been a one­-hour ______ but was nearly three, because of bad roads and worse traffic. “Did you put our suitcases(行李箱)in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived in Quezon City. From the back seat, we saw her slowly turn ______ my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.”  That was ______ a seven­-hour car trip turned into a 16­-hour car trip, which was mostly spent in silence.

On occasions like that, we had to learn to ______ our anger because we were stuck(困在)in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the journey. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and pushing one of my sisters out, I kept my ______ to myself.

This is why road trips were like mobile universities to us. We earned our PHDs(博士学位)in how to ______ with other people just by traveling in that old car.

And if we were somehow given a second ______ at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time, I'd put the suitcases in the car myself.

1.A.sure B.ready C.crazy D.surprised

2.A.before B.after C.while D.when

3.A.took B.left C.gave D.got

4.A.team B.land C.vacation D.road

5.A.taste B.repair C.oil D.medicine

6.A.started B.seemed C.worked D.made

7.A.who B.what C.which D.how

8.A.no matter B.even though C.ever since D.in fact

9.A.life B.walk C.drive D.course

10.A.back B.for C.with D.towards

11.A.where B.whether C.how D.what

12.A.avoid B.lose C.show D.share

13.A.feelings B.choice C.ideas D.decisions

14.A.bring out B.get along C.keep up D.come up

15.A.service B.future C.chance D.trust