阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、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。
People say one man’s trash(垃圾) is another man’s treasure. That________comes to me as I________the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away 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 where 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________ , 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.goal |
C.principle |
D.thought |
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| A.looked for |
B.looked through |
C.looked into |
D.looked after |
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| A.retired |
B.ill |
C.gone |
D.injured |
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| A.clean |
B.strange |
C.empty |
D.modern |
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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.decisions |
B.bargains |
C.challenges |
D.responsibilities |
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| A.person |
B.doctor |
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.kept |
D.lost |
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| A.countryside |
B.school |
C.college |
D.army |
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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.Introductions |
B.memories |
C.descriptions |
D.communications |
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| A.represented |
B.recognized |
C.instructed |
D.confirmed |
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| A.the supermarket |
B.church |
C.my office |
D.the house |
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| A.merely |
B.always |
C.really |
D.never |
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| A.Everything |
B.Nothing |
C.Anything |
D.Something |
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