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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  1a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  2moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of   3for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they  4their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and  5he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  6my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  7them but I still needed to write them, I   8until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  9for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,  10two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and  11, becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento,  12short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was  13happy to have Marc back. Since I was  14making lunch for his younger brother, I   15one for Marc, too. Imagine my  16when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son,  17his lunch.

“Did I do something   18? Don’t you love me  19,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I   20asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

1.A. carried         B. found            C. included       D. held

2.A. difficult        B. special           C. comfortable    D. separate

3.A. congratulation   B. improvement      C. explanation    D. encouragement

4.A. loved          B. answered         C. wrote         D. examined

5.A. lately          B. by the way        C. by the time    D. gradually

6.A. received        B. understood       C. enjoyed       D. collected

7.A. copy           B. read            C. take          D. send

8.A. held up         B. gave up         C. followed       D. continued

9.A. out            B. home           C. to college      D. to Sacramento

10.A. organizing      B. planning         C. comparing     D. completing

11.A. hopefully       B. finally          C. particularly     D. certainly

12.A. Because of      B. Instead of       C. Except for      D. As for

13.A. especially       B. immediately     C. equally        D. generally

14.A. once           B. again           C. still           D. even

15.A. packed         B. fetched         C. bought         D. filled

16.A. fear            B. surprise        C. anger          D. disappointment

17.A. waiting for      B. worrying about    C. caring for     D. asking about

18.A. wrong          B. funny           C. strange       D. smart

19.A. any more       B. enough          C. once more     D. better

20.A. interestingly     B. bitterly          C. politely       D. laughingly

 It was in New Zealand ___ Elizabeth first met Mr. Smith.

A. that          B. how           C. which        D. when

 The house still needed a lot of work, but ___ the kitchen was finished.

A. instead       B. altogether       C. at once       D. at least

 Little Johnny felt the bag, curious to know what it ____.

A. collected      B. contained       C. loaded       D. saved

 Liza ___ well not want to go on the trip—she hates traveling.

A. will          B. can            C. must         D. may

 The road conditions there turned out to be very good, ___ was more than we could expect.

A. it            B. what           C. which        D. that

 Modern equipment and no smoking are two of the things I like ____ working here.

A. with         B. over            C. at           D. about

 If their marketing plans succeed, they ____ their sales by 20 percent.

A. will increase             B. have been increasing

C. have increased           D. would be increasing

 Stand over there ___ you’ll be able to see the oil painting better.

A. but         B. till       C. and         D. or

 The director had her assistant ___ some hot dogs for the meeting.

A. picked up   B. picks up   C. pick up      D. picking up