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。

It was 1952 and my father was away at war, leaving my mother and me behind to face hardship alone. I was ten. My mother was a ________ and worked at the local clinic a few blocks from where we lived.

The bell rang and ________of Christmas were the only thing on my mind. I raced home. The apartment was empty and a note was ________ to the refrigerator. My mother was working a double shift and   ________ me instructions for the day. We had planned on making Christmas biscuits ________  , but my mother________ it.

I carefully ________through mother’s closet, finding most of the   ________  for Christmas wrapped in linen cloth, all but one toy, a model airplane. I was still ________ at my mother and I threw the airplane onto the floor, breaking one of its wings. I stood   ________ . How was I going to explain this? Then I heard my mother coming through the door. I ________ to my room.

After telling my mother the horrible________, I did not hear my mother ________  me. She just told me to follow her. Climbing the steps without catching our   ________ , we entered the clinic. There in a bed was a boy who looked very sick.

“He is going to die, Danny,” my mother told me, “________ today, maybe tomorrow. He loves planes. I knew his mother could not ________  to buy him one. So I did. I count my blessings every night and think of this boy and how ________ I am that you are not in that bed.”

The   ________ cut hard and sharp in my heart. The tears ________ down my face and I was so guilty. I ran home as fast as I could and into my room where I ________  myself to sleep.

1.A. saleswoman  B. surgeon        C. teacher     D. clerk

2.A. thoughts     B. memories       C. desires       D. hopes

3.A. written      B. found          C. attached      D. sent

4.A. reminded    B. provided       C. saved       D. left

5.A. alone         B. soon          C. together      D. immediately

6.A. ruined        B. refused       C. forgot       D. challenged

7.A. walked        B. hunted        C. broke         D. got

8.A. toys         B. gifts         C. clothes       D. supplies

9.A. anxious      B. pleased       C. mad           D. eager

10.A. awake        B. happy          C. wild         D. frozen

11.A. raced        B. removed        C. struggled     D. wandered

12.A. note         B. idea          C. truth         D. message

13.A. quarrel with B. shout at       C. worry about  D. cheer up

14.A. calmness     B. sweat          C. rest          D. breath

15.A. Possibly     B. Certainly      C. Properly    D. Regularly

16.A. encourage    B. persuade     C. afford      D. force

17.A. wonderful    B. grateful      C. hopeful      D. helpful

18.A. scolds      B. comments       C. phrases     D. words

19.A. floated     B. dropped        C. slowed        D. rolled

20.A. cried       B. made           C. turned       D. moved