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完形填空：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从题中所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

At the age of 13, I remember that my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way ________ from these trips, Dad frequently ________ at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice cream. Not every single time, just often enough. I couldn’t   ________ it, but I could hope and ________  from the time we started heading home to that ________ where we would either go straight for the ice cream or turn and go home ________  . That corner meant mouth-watering excitement or ________ .

One day, we were    ________ home, and I was hoping and praying for the beautiful sound of his    ________ . It came. “Would you like an ice cream today?” “That sounds ________ , Dad!” But then he said, “It sounds good to me too, son. Would you like to ________ me today?”

“Twenty cents!” I thought to myself, “I can afford it. I got 25 cents’ pocket money and some extra for odd jobs. Well, ________ it is enough, ice cream isn’t a good use of it.” Therefore, I said, “Well, in that case, I guess I’ll ________ .” My father just said, “Okay, Son.”

But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to ________ . But he just said, “That’s okay, we don’t really need one.” I felt ________  for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn’t mind, or ________  act disappointedly.

From that I   ________  generosity goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than “thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the ________  ice cream I’d ever had.

I’ll tell you one more thing. We ________ another trip the next week. As we ________ the corner, I said, “Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”

1.A. there B. home C. to the shopD. out

2.A. glanced B. appeared C. stopped D. arrived

3.A. mentionB. manage C. make D. expect

4.A. pray B. murmur C. beg D. shout

5.A. street B. corner C. shop D. owner

6.A. light-hearted B. absent-minded C. fully-loadedD. empty-handed

7.A. angerB. disappointmentC. satisfactionD. disagreement

8.A. walking B. leaving C. heading D. turning

9.A. offer B. answer C. supportD. share

10.A. beautiful B. great C. sweet D. reasonable

11.A. serve B. treat C. buy D. provide

12.A. since B. as C. when D. although

13.A. accept B. pay  C. pass  D. forbid

14.A. turn back B. carry on C. stop byD. give in

15.A. unsatisfied B. ashamed C. sympatheticD. crazy

16.A. even  B. never C. only D. somehow

17.A. taught B. learned  C. thoughtD. found

18.A. dearest B. worstC. cheapestD. best

19.A. made up  B. prepared for C. went onD. took on

20.A. came over B. came on C. came out D. came near