Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I  21  it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的)   22   . Immediately my mind traveled back many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet street of Springfield, with a bag of   23   
on my shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers if they wanted any magazines.
24   off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he led me over to the fire-place. Noticing the hole in the top of my __25__, he said, “Come with me!”, pulling me into his pickup truck. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman                   26    me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever seen. I   27   about 10 feet tall when I got up in them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr. Rader said. 
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a   28   , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said   29  , “Jimmy, I want you to know I love you.”
I said goodbye, and for the first time I sensed a flicker of hope that somehow things would be   30  . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a difference.
21. A. thought        B. read        C. turned         D. looked
22. A. message       B. note        C. letter           D. writing
23. A. books         B. papers      C. rubbish         D. magazines
24. A. Wiping       B. Shaking     C. Knocking       D. Keeping
25. A. clothes        B. sock        C. shoe           D. bag
26. A. fitted         B. dressed      C. offered         D. sold
27. A. measured      B. rose       C. felt           D. grew
28. A. pen          B. card        C. paper          D. notebook
29. A. excitedly      B. happily      C. politely        D. affectionately
30. A. well          B. possible      C. all right       D. different