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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

I was just out of college, only three days into a graduate year in England, and I was dragging a heavy backpack and suitcase through the London Underground. I was also crying uncontrollably.The day before yesterday, my uncle had ________ me that I was never to speak to him, his wife, or my two cousins again. Earlier, I had made a silly, joking remark. It was never meant to ______ my aunt's feelings, but it did. I spent the evening in an ugly blue telephone booth (电话亭), _______ as I spoke to a friend who lived in England.

As a 22-year-old ________ had been raised to respect and trust adults, I believed my aunt and uncle when they said I’d _________ the relationship between themselves and family.

When I left the phone booth, I went back to a _________ house with three closed bedroom doors. I did not sleep. In the morning, I _________ everyone get up and leave; no one knocked on my door. When it was quiet, I wrote a note of ________ and left it in my uncle’s bedroom. I dragged my bags to the train station.

Coming to England seemed like a _______ decision. Still worse, no lifts at the station were working. Crying yet again, I tried to lift my suitcase up the ________. Suddenly, there were hands. No one said anything, _______ each time I faced another set of steps, a hand would catch the suitcase handle and ____ it. At the top of the steps, the hand would let go, and I'd pull the suitcase to the next set. And just as I was about to _______ again, another hand would appear suddenly.

It happened several times. I never looked up and say thanks _________ I couldn't stop crying. I do remember that each ______ looked different, and that many different people helped me, without asking or saying anything.

That was the last time I saw or spoke to ______ of those four family members. Yet when I think about that terrible _______ in 1998, I remember those strangers' hands. They were there when I needed them, and even now, they pull me ______ the sadness of that memory. I think of them as I _____ the underground in Washington D. C. today, and I watch the citizens and tourists, just in case someone ______ a hand.

1.A. convinced           B. taught              C. informed            D. persuaded

2.A. hurt                B. inspire             C. express             D. hide

3.A. nodding             B. weeping           C. shouting            D. trembling

4.A. when              B. what              C. which               D. who

5.A. enjoyed             B. handled             C. ruined              D. managed

6.A. silent              B. private            C. huge                D. pretty

7.A. saw               B. heard               C. felt               D. observed

8.A. praise              B. apology             C. warning             D. thanks

9.A. firm                B. tough             C. bad                 D. final

10.A. carriage           B. station             C. path                D. stairs

11.A. and                B. or                  C. but                D. so

12.A. lift               B. support             C. open                D. press

13.A. quit               B. cry                C. stop                D. struggle

14.A. although           B. because            C. if                  D. unless

15.A. face              B. hand                C. person              D. suitcase

16.A. some               B. none                C. any                D. one

17.A. loss               B. lesson              C. call                D. accident

18.A. toward            B. along              C. over               D. through

19.A. miss               B. drive              C. hire               D. ride

20.A. shakes             B. needs               C. gives              D. Deserves