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。

As a child, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm. ________ by miles of winding stone walls, the house provided ________ hours of fun for a city kid.

I can still remember one ________ when I was eight years old. I’d wanted ________ anything to be allowed to climb the walls surrounding the property. The walls were old; some stones were ________ , others loose. Still, my desire to scramble (爬)across those walls ________ so strong that finally, one spring weekend, I took all my________and entered the living room, where the ________ had gathered after Sunday dinner.

“I, I wanna climb the stone walls,” I said hesitantly. ________ a chorus (齐声) went up from the women in the room. “Heavens, no!” they cried. “You’ll hurt yourself!” I wasn’t too ________ ; the response was just as I’d expected. But ________ I could leave the room, I was   ________  by my grandfather’s loud voice. “Now ________ just a minute,” I heard him say. “Let the boy climb the stone walls. ________ , he has to learn to do things for himself.”

For the next two hours I climbed those old walls and had the time of my ________ . Later when I told my grandfather about my   ________ , I’ll never forget what he said. “Fred,” he said, smiling, “you made this day a (an)   ________ day just by being yourself. Always remember, there’s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are.”

Many years have passed since then, and today I ________ the television program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, seen by millions of children. There have been ________ over the years, but one thing ________  the same: my suggestion to children at the end of almost every visit. “There’s only one person in this whole world like you,” the kids can hear me say, “and people can like you exactly as you are.”

1.A. Covered      B. Surrounded   C. Extended     D. Spread

2.A. meaningless  B. short        C. endless      D. imaginable

3.A. morning      B. afternoon   C. evening       D. daytime

4.A. more than   B. as well as   C. rather than   D. other than

5.A. remaining    B. left        C. tight        D. missing

6.A. built       B. went        C. grew          D. turned

7.A. trouble     B. mind        C. courage       D. heart

8.A. adults       B. relations   C. men          D. women

9.A. Soon        B. Hurriedly   C. Frequently  D. Immediately

10.A. excited    B. sad         C. disappointed  D. pleased

11.A. after      B. before       C. as            D. when

12.A. encouraged  B. asked        C. allowed      D. stopped

13.A. keep up     B. hold on      C. hold up       D. keep on

14.A. Anyway     B. However     C. Therefore     D. Thus

15.A. childhood  B. play        C. life          D. Sunday

16.A. action      B. adventure  C. story         D. happiness

17.A. special    B. interesting  C. common        D. beautiful

18.A. own         B. like         C. hold         D. host

19.A. jobs        B. events       C. adventures   D. changes

20.A. remains     B. develops     C. becomes      D. seems