阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的四个选项(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。
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(门廊). “ 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. ”
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A.Late |
B.Later |
C.Earlier |
D.Former |
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A.accident |
B.chance |
C.show |
D.holiday |
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A.bent |
B.begged |
C.began |
D.bargained |
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A.observation |
B.reservations |
C.preparations |
D.services |
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A.picked up |
B.picked at |
C.picked out |
D.picked off |
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A.Since |
B.If |
C.Unless |
D.Until |
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A.ask |
B.tell |
C.reply |
D.talk |
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A.door |
B.doorbell |
C.radio |
D.telephone |
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A.raised |
B.rose |
C.jumped |
D.ran |
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A.throw |
B.collect |
C.clean |
D.polish |
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A.help |
B.leave |
C.save |
D.call |
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A.spent |
B.leave |
C.cost |
D.took |
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A.spread |
B.took |
C.split |
D.spit |
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A.fresh |
B.dirty |
C.new |
D.big |
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A.site |
B.location |
C.spot |
D.place |
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A.fortunately |
B.sadly |
C.shortly |
D.directly |
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A.rely on |
B.dream of |
C.hear of |
D.think back |
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A.special |
B.tough |
C.sparkling |
D.specific |
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A.after |
B.during |
C.before |
D.through |
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A.once |
B.ago |
C.always |
D.often |
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