题目内容：

 

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（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。

In the city of Fujisawa, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she arrived, however, she   1of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American    2was from the textbooks she had read. “I had a   3in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room. Mummy  4cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend.”

  Atsuko   5to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her   6world. “People were struggling with problems and often seemed   7,”she said. “I felt very alone.”

One of the hardest  8was physical education. “We played volleyball,” she said. “The other students were  9it, but I wasn’t.”

One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to   10the ball to her teammates so they could knock it   11the net. No problem for most people. But is terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face   12she failed.

A young man on her team   13what she was going through. “He walked up to me and   14, ‘Come on, you can do that.’”

“You will never understand how those words of    15made me feel…Four words…You can do that. I felt like crying with happiness.”

She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not     16.

Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan , working as a salesclerk. “I have     17forgotten the words,” she said. “When things are not going so well, I think of them.”

She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness    18to her. “He probably doesn’t even remember it.” she said, That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person―cruel or kind―you have no ides how long the words will    19.She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four   20words; You can do that.

1.A.learned         B. spoke        C. dreamed         D. heard

2.A. way           B. life         C. education         D. spirit

3.A .photo          B. painting      C. picture         D. drawing

4.A. baking         B. frying         C. steaming       D. drawing

5.A. hoped        B. arranged        C. liked           D. attempted

6.A. described       B. imagined          C. created    D. discovered

7.A. tense          B. cheerful      C. relaxed          D. deserted

8.A. times             B. questions    C. classes         D. projects

9.A. curious about    B. good at        C. slow at        D. nervous about

10.A. kick            B. pass            C. carry          D. hit

11.A. through         B. into            C. over            D. past

12.A. after           B. if              C. because         D. until

13.A. believed         B. considered       C. wondered      D. sensed

14.A. warned          B. sighed            C. ordered       D. whispered

15.A.excitement       B.encouragement      C.persuasion      D.suggestion

16.A. interested       B. doubtful         C. puzzled         D. sure

17.A. never          B .already           C .seldom          D. almost

18.A. happened       B. applied            C. seemed         D. meant

19.A. continue        B. stay              C. exist         D. live

20.A. merciful      B. bitter              C. simple          D. easy