题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

The day before Christmas I pulled into a store parking lot and counted my money again. It wasn’t much. I ________ being poor, not having enough to ________ my small children a few simple toys. As I was ________ I noticed the Salvation Army (救世军) bell ringer (敲钟人) at the ________. I felt bad again because I didn’t feel I could ________ anything to give him. I started walking towards the entrance ________ two cars entered empty parking spaces in front of me. The first was a ________, new Cadillac which became the ________ of me the moment I saw it. “How ________,”I thought, “would it be to have enough money to buy a car like that!” The second car, ________, was an ancient car more shabby than the one I was driving.

A man got out of the Cadillac and hurried into the store ________ past the bell ringer without a second ________. Out of the old car came a young mother with three small children following ________ behind her. Her clothes looked as ________ as her car, yet she stopped at the entrance and ________ a bill. In that second a(n) ________ touched me, my envy and dislike ________ me, and all the love and joy filled me. I fished a bill out of my own purse, ________ it in the Salvation Army kettle, and wished the ________ a “Merry Christmas!”

Now I felt I was a poor man but rich on the ________. After finding a few things for my kids, I drove home with my heart singing.

1.A. hateB. permittedC. escapedD. regretted

2.A. makeB. buyC. awardD. lend

3.A. pulling outB. settling inC. getting outD. cutting in

4.A. parking spaceB. counterC. parking lotD. entrance

5.A. spareB. splitC. spendD. save

6.A. thoughB. sinceC. whenD. if

7.A. sharpB. dullC. pureD. shiny

8.A. targetB. envyC. itemD. bargain

9.A. niceB. preciousC. rareD. expensive

10.A. thereforeB. howeverC. anyhowD. besides

11.A. merelyB. rightC. hopefullyD. seldom

12.A. smileB. nodC. glanceD. wave

13.A. firmlyB. bravelyC. casuallyD. closely

14.A. worn outB. cast downC. tired outD. broken down

15.A. paidB. passedC. donatedD. rejected

16.A. equalityB. sympathyC. approvalD. warmth

17.A. leftB. visitedC. reachedD. missed

18.A. tookB. handedC. startedD. dropped

19.A. salesmanB. bell ringerC. womanD. man driver

20.A. wealthB. luckC. insideD. outside