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、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。

Paul, a colleague of mine, received a car from his brother as a Christmas gift. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shiny new car, ________  it.

“Is this your car, Mister?” he said.

Paul nodded and said “my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was ________. “You mean your brother bought it for you and it didn’t cost you anything? Boy, I wish” He ________.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. But what the boy said ________ Paul all the way down to his heels.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a ________  like that.”

Paul looked at the boy , and then impulsively(冲动地) he added. “Would you like to take a ________  in my car?”

“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

After a moment, the boy turned with his  ________ shining, saying, “Mister, would you mind driving me to the front of my house?”

Paul ________  a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his________ that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was  ________ again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

He ran up the steps. After a while Paul saw him coming back. He was ________ his little lame brother. He ________ sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of ________up against him and pointed to the car.

“There he is, Tony, just like I ________ you upstairs. His brother bought it for him for Christmas. And some day I’ll give you one just like it and then you can see ________  yourself all the pretty things in the ________ windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and ________the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining eyed older brother ________  in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.

That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what________  meant when he said: “It is more ________to give.”

1.A. admiring        B. cleaning     C. glancing       D. touching

2.A. happy            B. sad          C. disappointed    D. astonished

3.A. agreed           B. promised       C. hesitated       D. sighed

4.A. made             B. comforted      C. pushed         D. shocked

5.A. boy              B. brother       C. boss          D. star

6.A. look            B. walk           C. ride           D. rest

7.A. eyes           B. forehead      C. face           D. hands

8.A. smiled         B. cared          C. choked        D. feared

9.A. classmates       B. neighbors      C. colleagues      D. parents

10.A. afraid         B. confused      C. wrong          D. hopeless

11.A. carrying       B. raising       C. dragging        D. pulling

12.A. abruptly       B. firmly         C. hurriedly      D. carefully

13.A. got            B. squeezed       C. put             D. tried

14.A. asked           B. answered      C. told           D. showed

15.A. by              B. for          C. of              D. to

16.A. shop          B. home         C. car             D. Christmas

17.A. guided          B. lifted        C. sent            D. threw

18.A. walked          B. ran           C. climbed        D. broke

19.A. Jesus          B. Father         C. Brother        D. Tony

20.A. pleased         B. blessed        C. important      D. valuable