閱讀下面短文,從短文后所給的四個選項(A,B,C 和D中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Still in shock I wandered about the house trying to decide what to put into the suitcases._____ that evening I had received a call from my hometown in Missouri telling me that my brother and his wife had been killed in a car _____. “ Come as soon as you can,” ______ my mother.

While Larry, my husband, made plane ______ for the following morning, I aimlessly____ things and put them down. I couldn’t focus. Occasionally, someone phoned and said, “ _____ there’s anything I can do, let me know.” “Thank you very much, ” I’d_____. But I didn’t know what to ask for.

When the _____ rang, I _____ slowly and opened the door, seeing Emerson, our neighbor, standing on the porch(門廊). “ I’ve come to ______ your shoes,” he said. Confused, I asked him to repeat. “I just want to _____you. I remember when my father died, it _____me hours to get the children’s shoes cleaned and shined for the funeral. So that’s what I’ve come to do for you. Give me all your shoes-not just your good shoes ,but all your shoes.”

While Emerson_____ newspaper on the kitchen floor, I gathered Larry’s shoes, my heels and the children’s ______ shoes. While we cleared the supper dishes, he continued to work, saying nothing.

One by one , the jobs fell into ____. I went into the laundry room to put a load of wash into the dryer, returning to the kitchen to find that Emerson had left. In a line against one wall stood all our shoes, spotless. I could put the shoes _____ into the suitcase.

Now, whenever I _____an acquaintance who has lost a loved one, I no longer call with the vague(含糊的) offer, “ If there’s anything I can do…” Now I try to think of one_____ task that suits that person’s need –such washing the family car, house-sitting _____the funeral…And if the person says to me, “ How did you know I needed that done?” I reply, “It’s because a man ____cleaned my shoes. ”

1.A. LateB. LaterC. EarlierD. Former

2.A. accidentB. chanceC. showD. holiday

3.A. bentB. beggedC. beganD. bargained

4.A. observationB. reservationsC. preparationsD. services

5.A. picked upB. picked atC. picked outD. picked off

6.A. SinceB. IfC. UnlessD. Until

7.A. askB. tellC. replyD. talk

8.A. doorB. doorbellC. radioD. telephone

9.A. raisedB. roseC. jumpedD. ran

10.A. throwB. collectC. cleanD. polish

11.A. helpB. leaveC. saveD. call

12.A. spentB. leaveC. costD. took

13.A. spreadB. tookC. splitD. spit

14.A. freshB. dirtyC. newD. big

15.A. siteB. locationC. spotD. place

16.A. fortunatelyB. sadlyC. shortlyD. directly

17.A. rely onB. dream ofC. hear ofD. think back

18.A. specialB. toughC. sparklingD. specific

19.A. afterB. duringC. beforeD. through

20.A. onceB. agoC. alwaysD. often

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