题目内容：

Many years ago a big earthquake hit America,killing over 30,000 people.A father ___ his wife safely at home and rushed to the ___ where his son was supposed to be,___ to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.

Seeing this,he remembered the ___ he had made to his son,“No matter what happens,I’ll always be there for you!” Tears began to ___ his eyes.As he looked at the pile of ___ that once was the school,it looked ___,but he kept remembering his words to his son.

He began to concentrate ___ where he had ___ his son to class before.Remembering his son’s ____ had been in the right back corner of the teaching building,he rushed there and started digging ____ the ruins.

He kept digging and digging.Hours later,other ____ parents tried to pull him off ____ had been his son’s classroom,saying,“It’s too late!They’re all dead!”

But the father kept digging for his son.The fire chief ____ and said,“Fires are breaking out.You’re in ____.Go home.” Hearing this,the American father,____ very tired now,asked politely,“Are you going to help me?”

He went on ____.He dug for 8 hours ...12 hours ...24 hours ...36 hours ...then,in the 38th hour,he heard his son’s ____.He screamed his son’s name,“ARMAND!” And he heard his son shout back,“Dad?!It’s me,Dad!I told the other kids not to worry.I told them that if you were ____ you’d save us.You promised no matter what happened,you’d always be there for me!You did ____,Dad!”

1.A. left    B. stayed    C. reached    D. had

2.A. house    B. company    C. school    D. office

3.A. hardly    B. mainly    C. surprisingly    D. only

4.A. belief    B. promise    C. decision    D. advice

5.A. rise    B. cover    C. fill    D. suffer

6.A. ruins    B. disasters    C. earth    D. bricks

7.A. sad    B. hopeless    C. needless    D. useless

8.A. at    B. in    C. to    D. on

9.A. walked    B. let    C. run    D. seen

10.A. doorway    B. situation    C. classroom    D. entrance

11.A. from    B. through    C. by    D. across

12.A. cold-hearted    B. well-meaning    C. good-looking    D. hard-working

13.A. who    B. when    C. whose    D. what

14.A. showed up    B. showed off    C. got up    D. got off

15.A. frustration    B. difficulty    C. danger    D. fear

16.A. and    B. but    C. if    D. though

17.A. lonely    B. alone    C. together    D. as well

18.A. sound    B. voice    C. noise    D. shout

19.A. right    B. dead    C. alive    D. injured

20.A. that    B. this    C. one    D. it