题目内容：

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

That Christmas Eve, the streets of Boston were crowded with tourists and locals in various clothes. It seemed that everyone was accompanied by someone else laughing.     , I was alone.

My    was in Puerto Rico. My family and friends had gone home during their holiday break. Dusk was falling, and the inevitable (不可避免的)    to my empty apartment brought tears to my eyes. I     someonewould come out of their homes to ask me inside to a     room with a Christmas tree decorated with presents.

I stopped at the local market, feeling even more     as people filled their baskets with goodies, which     me of the gifts we received as children in Puerto Rico on Christmas Day. I    my family parties: the dancing. Thinking of this, I wanted to       for being alone.

In front of the church down the     , a manger (马槽) had been set up, with Mary, Joseph, and the barn (畜棚) animals in expectation of the     of baby Jesus in the midnight. I stood with my neighbors watching the       . As I walked home, I realized that the     of Joseph and Mary wandering from door to door seeking shelter was much like my own history.      Puerto Rico was still a wound in my heart as I       with what I had become in 15 years in the United States. I’d regretted the losses, but I       for the first time and recognized what I’d gained. I was independent, educated, healthy, and adventurous. My life was     before me, full of possibility.

Sometimes the best gift is the one you       yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself credit for what I’d       so far and permission to go forward, unafraid. It is the best       I’ve ever received, the one that I most treasure.

1.A.Once              B. However              C.Besides              D.Therefore

2.A.destination      B. dream              C.office              D.hometown

3.A.return              B.adaption              C.attraction              D.invitation

4.A.lied               B.thought              C.wished              D.believed

5.A.close              B.noisy              C.splendid              D.warm

6.A.pleased              B.depressed              C.amazed              D.moved

7.A.reminded              B.informed              C.told              D.excused

8.A.organized              B.attended              C.missed              D.enjoyed

9.A.complain            B.cry              C.hope              D.look

10.A.street                B.market              C.room              D.apartment

11.A.recovery        B.treatment         C.arrival         D.celebration

12.A.program              B.growth              C.film              D.scene

13.A.love                  B.kindness              C.story              D.shadow

14.A.Leaving              B.Seeing              C.Visiting              D.Blaming

15.A.lived               B.fought              C.agreed              D.struggled

16.A.desired              B.wanted              C.gained              D.lost

17.A.still              B.already              C.never              D.even

18.A.press              B.give              C.attract              D.imagine

19.A.planned              B.valued              C.shared              D.accomplished

20.A.lesson              B.thank              C.gift              D.letter