题目内容：

 

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas．While most people were  1their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to  2early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work．On arrival, he  3his bike outside the back door as he usually does．After  410 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike  5.

The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only tool．Trevor used it to get to 6, putting in 60-hour weeks to  7his young family．And the bike was also used to get groceries， 8us from having to walk long distances from where we live．

I was so  9that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story．Shortly after that, several people in our area   10to help．One wonderful stranger   11bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up． 12my husband had a way to get to and from his job．It really is a（an）  13that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before．People say that a smile can be  14from one person to another, but acts of kindness from  15are even more so．This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it  16our faith in humanity as a whole．And it has   17us to be more mindful of ways that we, too, can  18with others．No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone  19．And the results can be   20．  

1.A．cooling down     B．warming up    C．speeding up    D．slowing down

2.A．get up           B．wake up        C．turn up        D．rise up

3.A．piled            B．pushed         C．parked         D．paused

4.A．putting in       B．putting on     C．putting off      D．putting away

5.A．broken           B．robbed         C．hidden         D．gone

6.A．study            B．shop           C．work           D．deliver

7.A．live             B．support        C．serve          D．protect

8.A．getting          B．protecting     C．saving         D．allowing

9.A．surprised        B．thrilled       C．puzzled        D．sad

10.A．offered         B．supported      C．provided       D．supplied

11.A．still          B．finally        C．even           D．yet

12.A．Now and then    B．Once in a while C．Once again    D．Sooner or later

13.A．honor           B．pity          C．sympathy       D．respect

14.A．thrown          B．passed        C．sent           D．got

15.A．friends         B．strangers      C．relatives      D．parents

16.A．weakened        B．spread         C．reduced        D．strengthened

17.A．moved           B．forced         C．urged          D．influenced

18.A．share           B．connect        C．deal           D．work

19.A．likes           B．cares          C．worries        D．wonders

20.A．short           B．promising      C．permanent      D．temporary