题目内容：

完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题中所给的四个选项（ABCD）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。

For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask _______of his mother to take his black  _____and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile_______from the house to the fence which_______the beginning of the dirty driveway.

One day, I was busy with my business and was_______for about an hour, completely forgetting about the _______little boy down the road who might be_______for his daddy.

On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not_______ten feet in front of me. All I could______was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. _______, the downpour began to abate(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨) by the time my car turned the last_______and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal.

_______, I caught sight of my little boy, who was_______an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the ______  of a little boy.

As I stopped the car and_______the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and_______with cold, but he never_______the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you. I am so glad you are home.”

Last year, we_______to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road. _______, I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that_______has appeared in my mind. Like all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.

1.A. order        B. permission       C. praise         D. likes

2.A. bag         B. dog              C. umbrella       D. toy

3.A. journey      B. flight            C. effort          D. ride

4.A. discovered   B. explained         C. marked          D. described

5.A. controlled   B. trained         C. delayed         D. bothered

6.A. useful        B. grateful          C. careful        D. faithful

7.A. waiting       B. sending          C. searching       D. calling

8.A. drive         B. see              C. feel            D. hear

9.A. stick to      B. think of          C. pick up         D. hold out

10.A. In fact     B. In surprise       C. At once         D. At last

11.A. moment     B. corner            C. street          D. way

12.A. All of a sudden  B. Believe it or not  C. In other words  D. For seconds

13.A. holding     B. opening         C. finding        D. lifting

14.A. body         B. head              C. face           D. hand

15.A. closed       B. locked           C. knocked         D. opened

16.A. worrying     B. crying           C. trembling       D. complaining

17.A. noticed     B. doubted         C. judged          D. mentioned

18.A. moved       B. turned           C. returned        D. traveled

19.A. Therefore    B. Besides          C. Otherwise       D. However

20.A. time        B. scene            C. act            D. sight