题目内容：

The day before Christmas I pulled into a store parking lot and counted my money again. It wasn’t much. I ______ being poor, not having enough to ______ my small children a few simple toys. As I was ______ I noticed the Salvation Army (救世军) bell ringer at the ______. I felt bad again because I didn’t feel I could ______ anything to give him. I started walking towards the entrance ______ two cars entered empty parking spaces in front of me. The first was a ______, new Cadillac which became the ______ of me the moment I saw it. “How ______ I thought, “would it be to have enough money to buy a car like that!” The second car,______, was an ancient car more shabby than the one I was driving.

A man got out of the Cadillac and hurried into the store ______ past the bell ringer without a second ______. Out of the old car came a young mother with three small children following ______ behind her. Her clothes looked as ______ as her car, yet she slopped at the entrance and ______ a bill. In that second a(n)______ touched me, my envy and dislike ______ me, and all the love and joy filled me. I fished a bill out of my own purse,______ it in the Salvation Army kettle, and wished the ______ a “Merry Christmas!”

Now I felt I was a poor man hut rich on the ______. After finding a few things for my kids, I drove home with my heart singing.

1.A. regretted    B. permitted    C. escaped    D. hated

2.A. make    B. buy    C. award    D. lend

3.A. pulling out    B. settling in    C. getting out    D. cutting in

4.A. parking space    B. entrance    C. parking lot    D. counter

5.A. spare    B. split    C. spend    D. save

6.A. when    B. since    C. though    D. if

7.A. sharp    B. dull    C. pure    D. shiny

8.A. target    B. item    C. envy    D. bargain

9.A. nice    B. precious    C. rare    D. expensive

10.A. therefore    B. however    C. anyhow    D. besides

11.A. merely    B. seldom    C. hopefully    D. right

12.A. smile    B. nod    C. glance    D. wave

13.A. firmly    B. closely    C. casually    D. bravely

14.A. worn out    B. cast down    C. tired out    D. broken down

15.A. paid    B. passed    C. donated    D. rejected

16.A. equality    B. sympathy    C. approval    D. warmth

17.A. left    B. visited    C. reached    D. missed

18.A. took    B. handed    C. dropped    D. started

19.A. salesman    B. bell ringer    C. woman    D. man driver

20.A. wealth    B. luck    C. inside    D. outside