题目内容：

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。

I have a blind friend who lives in New York City. ______ we have never met face to face, we still   ______ each other frequently. She is a ______ lady and has become like a sister to me. Her ______ and enthusiastic letters always ______ my spirits and the inspiring poems she shares with the world always bring a ______ to my face. She is all the more ______ due to the fact that she lost her ______ halfway through her life. She had to ______ her career and relearn to do everything that most of us take for granted. Many would have given up after such a ______ but not her. ______, she started a glorious new life full of award winning volunteer work. Her ______ are full of teaching English to new immigrants, giving comfort to ______ hearts, writing, serving her religious community, and helping others in ______ way she can.

The light of my friend’s example is a beacon (灯塔) that I try to ______ as well. Whenever I feel too ______ in my own life I look at the challenges that she has ______ in hers. She may have lost her sight but she ______ lost her soul. She knows that the eyes that really see are the eyes of the heart, and she does her best every day to follow the ______ vision that they give to her. I am sure too that their eyes of the angels watching over her are always filled with tears of  ______ and that their faces are always full of shining smile.

1.A. When           B. As           C. Since           D. Although

2.A. call           B. write        C. email           D. encourage

3.A. remarkable     B. humorous     C. funny           D. considerate

4.A. constant       B. brief        C. optimistic      D. beautiful

5.A. attract        B. reach        C. improve         D. lift

6.A. smile          B. cloud        C. puzzle          D. look

7.A. helpful        B. amazing      C. sensitive       D. disappointing

8.A. way            B. parents      C. sight           D. heart

9.A. put off        B. depend on    C. keep on         D. give up

10.A. loss          B. failure      C. break           D. challenge

11.A. However       B. Therefore    C. Instead         D. Then

12.A. plans         B. days         C. ideas           D. thoughts

13.A. feeling       B. touching     C. breaking        D. hurting

14.A. every         B. some         C. no              D. possible

15.A. examine       B. copy         C. follow          D. complete

16.A. cheated       B. bored        C. nervous         D. challenged

17.A. controlled    B. overcome     C. passed          D. overlooked

18.A. never         B. still        C. also            D. already

19.A. lasting       B. caring       C. loving          D. continuing

20.A. pity          B. joy          C. sorrow          D. surprise