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完形填空

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Feeling hopeless, Jack wandered on the streets, knowing he came to the end of life. In his mid-fifties, Jack had never got       or experienced the joy of having children. On this rainy night, he felt as if there was       in the entire world who cared whether he lived or died.

Meanwhile, I was sitting in my room watching the rain       my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I       from my chair and raced out. But my mother was already at the door. Opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face. My mother, feeling       ，invited the man inside.

      ，I walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn’t understand what they were saying, but the sight of the man,      his head in his hands and crying, made me sad. I raced back upstairs to my room and       my hand into my money jar. Pulling out my only half-dollar coin, I ran back downstairs.

The three       looked at me in       as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it. Then I gave him a       , turned and ran back upstairs. I felt excited.

Downstairs, Jack sat quietly with his head       .Tears streamed down his face as he       held that coin. Finally looking up at my parents, he said, “It’s just that I thought nobody cared. For the last twenty years, I have been so       . That is the first hug I have ever got. It’s hard to believe that somebody       .”

Jack’s life changed that night. When he left our house, he was       to live instead of die. Although we never saw Jack again, we received letters from him      , letting us know that he was doing fine.

My life changed that night, too, as I       the hug healing(治愈) power of giving, even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents. Before Jack left, my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door. Jack said that       he’d walked along the streets that rainy night,       and ready to die, he had noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.

1.A. employed    B. understood  C. managed     D. married

2.A. anybody       B. somebody   C. nobody   D. everybody

3.A. approach        B. beat     C. break        D. cover

4.A. jumped       B. ran       C. looked   D. settled

5.A. fear         B. anxiety     C. guilty        D. pity

6.A. Curious       B. Annoyed    C. Excited   D. Worried

7.A.  shaking        B. nodding      C. holding     D. resting

8.A. adjusted         B. reached      C. presented     D. pushed

9.A. strangers        B. neighbors       C. visitors      D. adults

10.A. anger          B. delight      C. fun       D. surprise

11.A. hug          B. smile      C.  kiss      D. handshake

12.A. raised        B. bowed        C. ignored      D. turned

13.A. calmly      B. tightly    C. impatiently    D. privately

14.A. anxious        B. lonely      C. stressed      D. bored

15.A. makes       B. figures      C. cares         D. deserves

16.A. flexible        B. likely      C. disappointed  D. ready

17.A. occasionally   B. at once      C. hardly       D. never

18.A. hid     B. informed     C. assisted      D. saw

19.A. as            B. before        C. until      D. unless

20.A. weak          B. ashamed     C. helpless      D. regretful