题目内容：

A few years ago, an elderly woman entered my video store, along with her daughter. The daughter was displaying a serious case of ______  ,  ____  her watch every few seconds. If she had possessed a leash(绳子), her mother would have been  ____  to it as a means of pulling her along to _____  the rush of other shoppers.

I  ____  and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a _____  on a piece of paper.  _____  rushing off to find the DVD for the woman, I asked her to  walk with me  ____  I could show her where she could find it and I want to enjoy her  ____ for a moment. As we walked along the back of the store, I ___  its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed  “trip” and _____  conversation.

I said to her daughter, “ ____  some advice?” “Of course not,” said the daughter. “_____   her ,” I said. “When she's gone, it's the little _____  that will come back to you. Times like this. I know.” It was  ____ . I still missed my mom and remembered the times when I'd used my impatience to make her  ____ .

Together they made their way toward the store's resting area. They sat there for a moment, side by side,  _____  the holiday crowds. Then the daughter _____   and immediately regarded her mother lovingly. And slowly she placed her arm with  ____  unaccustomed affection around her mother's shoulders and  _____  guided her back into the crowd.

1.A. warmth    B. strictness    C. impatience    D. depression

2.A. fixing    B. checking    C. adjusting    D. winding

3.A. accustomed    B. fastened    C. applied    D. stuck

4.A. keep step with    B. get away from    C. keep off    D. escape from

5.A. jumped over    B. walked over    C. sat still    D. lined up

6.A. receipt    B. title    C. theme    D. subject

7.A. Rather than    B. Apart from    C. Afraid of    D. Worrying about

8.A. because    B. though    C. so    D. unless

9.A. time    B. stay    C. company    D. conversation

10.A. changed    B. described    C. updated    D. ignored

11.A. serious    B. meaningless    C. rough    D. casual

12.A. Offer    B. Mind    C. Take    D. Have

13.A. Forgive    B. Seize    C. Follow    D. Cherish

14.A. chances    B. feelings    C. moments    D. presents

15.A. true    B. impossible    C. unusual    D. rare

16.A. different    B. puzzled    C. upset    D. critical

17.A. expecting    B. observing    C. approaching    D. blaming

18.A. glanced over    B. looked down    C. watched out    D. set out

19.A. suddenly    B. gradually    C. apparently    D. basically

20.A. smoothly    B. gently    C. wisely    D. hurriedly