题目内容：

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, 并在答题卡将该选项的标号涂黑。

Hope in my arms

Last year, I was invited to participate in a carnival for Tuesday’s Child, an organization that helps children with AIDS.

All the children that had gathered at one particular room could   ___________  a square on a piece of cloth. Later the squares would be sewn(缝) together to ___________  a quilt. The quilt would be  ___________ to a man who had devoted his life to the ___________ and would soon be ___________  .

The kids were given paints in bright colors and asked to paint something that would make the quilt ___________ . As I looked around at all the squares, I saw pink hearts, blue clouds, orange sunrises and red flowers. The pictures were all bright and ___________ . All ___________  one.

One boy was painting a heart, but it was dark and lifeless. It   ___________ the bright colors that his fellow artists had used. I asked why. He told me that he was very ___________ and so was his mom. He said that his sickness was not ever going to get better and neither was his mom’s. He looked ___________into my eyes and said, “There is no hope in my life.”

I told him I was sorry and I could understand why he had made his heart a dark color. I told him that  ___________ we couldn’t make him better, we can give ___________  , which can really help when you are feeling sad. I told him that if he would like, I would be   ___________  to give him one so he could see ___________  I meant. he instantly crawled into my lap. I thought my own heart would burst for this sweet little boy.

He sat there for a long time. Finally he ___________   down to finish his coloring. As I was getting ready to ___________  home, I felt a tug (猛拽) on my jacket. Standing there was the little boy, ___________   . He said, “My heart is changing ___________  . It is getting brighter. I think those hugs really do ___________ .”

On my way home I felt my own heart. It too had changed to a brighter color.

1.A．convey            B．draw           C．adapt         D．paint

2.A．fold             B．make          C．spread        D．annoy

3.A．attempt          B．sold           C．presented    D．conduct

4.A．organization      B．country        C．education     D．neighborhood

5.A．retiring         B．abolish        C．predict       D．dying

6.A．ambitious         B．suitable       C．beautiful     D．comfortable

7.A．ridiculous        B．inspiring     C．confusing     D．puzzling

8.A．without         B．besides        C．beside        D．except

9.A．lacked            B．appeal         C．contained    D．favour

10.A．curious          B．disappointed   C．sick          D．adequate

11.A．straight         B．flexible       C．forward       D．even

12.A．so that          B．even though    C．as long as    D．as though

13.A．prizes           B．smiles         C．hugs          D．necklace

14.A．grand            B．relaxed        C．eager         D．happy

15.A．which           B．where          C． what         D．that

16.A．witnessed        B．jumped         C．dragged      D．fell

17.A．leave          B．stay           C．head          D．arrive

18.A．smiling          B．crying         C．glaring      D．declaring

19.A．shape          B．color          C．weight       D．form

20.A．approve          B．desire         C．fail          D．work