完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
People say one man's trash (垃圾) is another man's treasure. That ________ comes to my mind as I looked through the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother ________ in 1996. My father left the house________ my sister and me when he died a few months ago.
After Dad was ________, we looked around the house ________ we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so ________all the stuff left. Like so many of their generation, my parents ________ everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious ________ about what to abandon and what to keep.
As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every ________ my parents ever saw, I also ________ many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, ________her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran (退伍兵) and a world traveler,________ everything --- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the ________. The letters he wrote during the war ________ his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I ________ our old kitchen table, which brought back ________ of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.
I'm realizing all these things ________my parents' life journey. Each time I go to the ________ , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I________ knew. ________ , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.
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A.coincidence |
B.thought |
C.principle |
D.goal |
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A.passed by |
B.passed down |
C.passed on |
D.passed away |
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A.gone |
B.retired |
C.ill |
D.injured |
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A.which |
B.that |
C.when |
D.where |
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A.pleased with |
B.familiar with |
C.astonished at |
D.disappointed at |
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A.saved |
B.enjoyed |
C.purchased |
D.designed |
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A.bargains |
B.decisions |
C.challenges |
D.responsibilities |
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A.doctor |
B.person |
C.neighbor |
D.child |
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A.bought |
B.discovered |
C.buried |
D.lost |
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A.just |
B.even |
C.only |
D.yet |
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A.liked |
B.bought |
C.lost |
D.kept |
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A.countryside |
B.school |
C.army |
D.college |
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A.receive |
B.direct |
C.sense |
D.describe |
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A.repaired |
B.cleaned |
C.spotted |
D.set |
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A.memories |
B.introductions |
C.descriptions |
D.communications |
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A.recognized |
B.represented |
C.instructed |
D.confirmed |
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A.supermarket |
B.church |
C.office |
D.house |
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A.never |
B.always |
C.really |
D.merely |
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A.Something |
B.Nothing |
C.Anything |
D.Everything |
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