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、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。

My daughter is a single parent. She works hard to ______ for herself and her three young sons. She budgets(谨慎花钱) carefully and ______  to plan for the little luxuries (奢侈品) and treats that others take for granted. When her eldest son, David, wanted a ______  so that he could do an after-school newspaper delivery job, she ______  and soon, he was the proud ______  of a good second-hand bike.

One afternoon, my daughter asked David to go to a local shop. He rode his bicycle, ______ foolishly left it outside the shop without _____  it up. When David came out of the shop, it was______. He walked home in _____ and then, together with his frustrated mother, went to the local police station to report the ______.

Imagine their ______  when they arrived at the station: a car parked out front had David’s bike wedged (挤进) in its boot (汽车后部的行李箱). The ______ told them how he’d seen a group of kids ______ the bike once my grandson had gone inside the shop.

The driver – in his late teens himself – had called out to them to “leave that bike ______!” Despite this, one member of the group ______ on the bicycle and rode it away while the others followed. Not to be ______, the teen got in his car, drove after them and ______ that they give the stolen bike back.

He was happy to be able to ______ it to my grandson together with a lecture (echoed(附和) by the policeman and his mother) about the silliness of ______ to use the bike lock. ______, in all the excitement, he slipped away, without even giving them his name or telephone number.

1.A. stand     B. provide   C. change     D. watch

2.A. permits  B. refuses   C. manages  D. decides

3.A. bicycle    B. watch     C. phone      D. backpack

4.A. gave out  B. set aside C. saved up   D. worked up

5.A. driver     B. worker   C. seller    D. owner

6.A. and       B. but      C. so         D. when

7.A. locking   B. picking   C. covering   D. hiding

8.A. left      B. missed    C. broken    D. gone

9.A. surprise  B. trouble   C. tears     D. peace

10.A. danger   B. theft    C. accident   D. fight

11.A. joy       B. regret   C. anger      D. disappointment

12.A. policeman B. manager   C. teacher  D. driver

13.A. ride      B. fix       C. steal      D. knock

14.A. out      B. off      C. away       D. alone

15.A. jumped B. touched   C. walked    D. moved

16.A. annoyed B. angry    C. confused   D. discouraged

17.A. advised  B. demanded C. forced     D. promised

18.A. donate   B. explain   C. return     D. pass

19.A. learning B. teaching C. reminding D. failing

20.A. Besides  B. Then      C. Finally   D. Therefore