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。

Sometimes a mother’s greatest gift is the smallest detail of her child’s life, freely shared.

When I was busy with my housework in the ________, I was surprised to find the front door was ________ suddenly. Julie, our oldest child, came in. She’d been married for three months. I was still trying to get used to her ________ elsewhere. Sometimes I even set her place at the table without ________. Julie handed me a small group of daffodils(水仙花) and said, “Guess what!” ________ she opened the box on the table and bent to see what was inside. As I put the flowers in ________, I answered happily, “What?”

She began telling me some small ________ of her new life as she made herself a sandwich. She’d learned to make cake by herself, and her boss was ________ of her because of her hard work. We sat at the kitchen table, and I ________ her eat, listening to her every word ________. It was a ________ visit. Julie had to go to work. I thanked her for her flowers and for her visit; then I walked to the door with her and ________ as she drove out of the yard.

________ in the kitchen I sat and looked at the flowers. My daughter’s ________ was as bright and dear as the ________ spring daffodils. Suddenly, I ________ the phone and dialed(拨) my own mother’s number. She lived a hundred mile away. When she ________, I said, “Guess what!”

“What?” she answered hopefully. Like Julie I didn’t have any ________ news, just little details of the day and the children. ________ I’d come to understand in the last hour how valuable small talk could be. Just before I hung ________, my mother said ,‘‘You made my day.’’

1.A. kitchenB. bedroomC. studyD. sitting room

2.A. closedB. openedC. raisedD. dropped

3.A. studyingB. playingC. livingD. appearing

4.A. feelingB. seeingC. listeningD. thinking

5.A. thoughB. onceC. ifD. as

6.A. waterB. foodC. bloodD. air

7.A. jokesB. experimentsC. detailsD. memories

8.A. proudB. sureC. ashamedD. full

9.A. letB. watchedC. hadD. made

10.A. safelyB. bravelyC. happily D. strangely

11.A. busyB. littleC. longD. short

12.A. stayedB. wavedC. sangD. cried

13.A. FurtherB. NearbyC. UpD. Back

14.A. visitB. tripC. greetingD. smiling

15.A. lastB. nextC. earlyD. late

16.A. picked outB. picked upC. made outD. made up

17.A. answeredB. saidC. repliedD. thought

18.A. goodB. badC. smallD. big

19.A. SoB. OrC. ButD. And

20.A. onB. upC. backD. out