题目内容：

阅读下面的短文，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。

“They’re going to kick me out of my own home,” said Karl Berger, 86 years old. Karl is a widower with no living children. When Karl’s wife died a couple of years ago, he told the Social Security Administration to stop      monthly checks to his wife. But the agency         to send the checks. Karl called again; a clerk said not to      . He told Karl to mail a follow-up       that included his wife's            of death. But the checks continued to come. Karl needed the money,       he cashed his wife’s checks.

When SSA         realized its mistake, it sent Karl a letter saying that he           SSA $5,900 plus interest. Karl receives only $12,000 a year, which is slightly         poverty level. The only           that he ever had--$5,000--was         on his wife’s funeral. He fought on Iwo Jima, site of one of the most furious battles of World War II. The battle left him      in one ear and almost blind in one eye.

His small house used to be in a good neighborhood. He takes the bus once a week to visit his wife's        . The rest of his time is spent at home, where he carves       military figures that he donates to a local charity. The charity       the carvings and uses the money to help feed the homeless.

SSA gave Karl six months to pay the debt in       . Otherwise, the SSA letter said, the agency would seize his home. Karl wrote back, asking if it would be okay to            $30 a month. That was all he could      .

“That’s insufficient,” said William Shatner, an SSA agent. “We know that he is a war veteran, but that doesn’t entitle him to      the debt . He knew that his wife was dead, yet he cashed her monthly         . That is fraud, pure and simple.”

1.A. remainingB. sendingC. givingD. transporting

2.A. continuedB. forgetC. wantedD. asked

3.A. irritateB. botherC. upsetD. worry

4.A. noticeB. messageC. letterD. essay

5.A. timeB. dayC. dateD. age

6.A. butB. soC. yetD. though

7.A.finallyB. graduallyC. suddenlyD. immediately

8.A. heldB. donatedC. ownedD. owed

9.A. withinB.aboveC. belowD. beyond

10.A. fortunesB. possessionsC. billsD. savings

11.A. spentB.consumedC. wastedD. deserted

12.A. injuredB.lameC. disabledD. deaf

13.A. homeB. graveC. houseD. room

14.A. woolenB. goldenC.silkenD. wooden

15.A. sellsB. takesC. buysD. exchanges

16.A. commonB. fullC. astonishD.brief

17.A. supplyB. costC. payD. devote

18.A. offerB.preferC. provideD. afford

19.A. cancelB. avoidC.freeD. decrease

20.A. checksB. expensesC. salariesD. Numbers