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。

As I was taking a walk with my mom, I asked her, “Have you taken the senior bus yet?” I held my breath as I waited for her _________. “Oh, yes. I have,” she said. “How was it?” I said the words as  _________  as I could to show my excitement, even though I sensed the answer was not going to be _________. She sighed heavily, “No one ever _________  on that bus. They all sit there quietly and look sad. I only see about thirteen_________ old ladies and men.” My  _________  for her situation grasped my stomach.

My dad had recently passed away, and his sudden leave made my mother  _________ and frightened. For fifty-seven years, my dad had walked by her side. Mom never learned to _________ , so Dad drove her everywhere. Now, her wheels were gone, as one grandchild so properly _________ her situation. I knew she needed great  _________ to make the decision to take the senior bus. However, I firmly believed the _________ wouldn’t last too long, for Mom was so outgoing and active that she could chat with almost everybody whom she met in the street.

Several days later, when I came to visit her, I asked, “Do they talk to you now?” She _________  and there was a sparkle (火花) in her eyes. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that the _________ had changed. “It was silly that all of us just sat there _________  saying a word. So one morning when I _________, I greeted them and then remarked that what a nice day it was. Soon, they began to  _________and we chatted happily. Now we are friends and always have some good   _________  on the bus, ” she replied.

My mother held the key to the _________of the other lonely people on that bus. A smile and some   _________words were all it took. She sowed tiny seeds of   _________  for herself and her friends on the bus.

1.A. order       B. instruction      C. answer      D. request

2.A. fluently     B. cheerfully      C. patiently    D. quietly

3.A. typical       B. reasonable       C. similar     D. positive

4.A. talks        B. eats            C. drinks       D. sleeps

5.A. conservative B. depressed        C. surprised    D. cautious

6.A. anger        B. excitement       C. sympathy   D. forgiveness

7.A. stubborn     B. selfish          C. acute       D. lonely

8.A. drive        B. cook            C. dance       D. paint

9.A. planned      B. described        C. copied      D. handled

10.A. support     B. expectation     C. patience    D. courage

11.A. silence     B. friendship      C. argument    D. impression

12.A. complained   B. smiled           C. sobbed      D. appeared

13.A. situation    B. hardship         C. decision    D. topic

14.A. for          B. by              C. without      D. after

15.A. passed by  B. got on           C. stood up    D. set out

16.A. apologize  B. escape           C. bother      D. respond

17.A. conversations B. suggestions    C. examples   D. analysis

18.A. fortune     B. hearts           C. remarks      D. relationship

19.A. sensitive    B. responsible     C. friendly   D. official

20.A. honesty     B. happiness       C. imagination  D. Freedom