题目内容：

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。

The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May．After all, it was Mother's Day—and 800 miles     her from her parents in Ohio．

She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had       how colorful their backyard was              spring had arrived．Later, she told her husband how she          those lilacs in her parents' yard．“I know where we can find some,” he said．“Get the        and come on．” So off they went．

Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round．The young woman rushed up to the nearest      and buried her face in the flowers．Carefully, she       some．

Finally, they returned to their car for the          home．The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her        ．

When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and       to a nearby nursing home．She went to the end of the porch（门廊）, where a（n）     patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap．The two        , bursting into laughter now and then．Later the young woman turned and ran back to her      ．As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair       with a smile, and held the lilacs           ．

“Mom,” the kids asked, “       did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so       while I have all of you．And anyone would be           by flowers．”

This satisfied the kids, but not the husband．The next day he          some young lilacs around their yard．

I was the husband．Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs．Every Mother's Day our kids          purple lilacs．And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman．

1.A．moved        B．kept          C．separated    D．made

2.A．learned      B．mentioned    C．imagined    D．realized

3.A．as if        B．so that       C．now that    D．even if

4.A．grew         B．missed       C．watered      D．showed

5.A．cars         B．kids          C．clothes      D．lilacs

6.A．yard         B．hill          C．bush        D．door

7.A．bought      B．picked        C．set          D．raised

8.A．break        B．holiday       C．trip        D．dinner

9.A．friends      B．memory       C．honor       D．flowers

10.A．responded   B．pointed      C．drove        D．hurried

11.A．elderly    B．loving        C．serious     D．sensitive

12.A．hesitated   B．waited        C．chatted     D．sat

13.A．family      B．mother       C．path        D．home

14.A．nodded      B．left          C．waved        D．continued

15.A．sadly       B．politely     C．quickly      D．tightly

16.A．why         B．when          C．how          D．where

17.A．lonely      B．confused      C．alone       D．patient

18.A．calmed      B．persuaded     C．disappointed D．cheered

19.A．arranged    B．planted       C．dried       D．hid

20.A．find       B．gather        C．receive     D．Sell