阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Several months ago , a couple with a little girl moved in next door to me. The girl seemed too quiet to make any noise, while the parents were always ________her loudly. Whenever we met my new neighbours , I always spoke, but the only ______ I ever got was a hello from the 4-year-old girl.
I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I returned, they were just coming from their home and the little girl was holding the door open for others. I stayed in the car doing unnecessary things as I wasn’t in a ________. The parents were telling her to get into the car immediately. I looked up and saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for _____ .
As a disabled man, I can’t hurry at ________, but I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. She was smiling like a lovely angel. I was so ________by her small act of kindness. That afternoon I was shopping and I saw a white bear. I thought of the ________and said to myself. “I believe she would like that” so I bought it.
The next day there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her parents. She was so ________ of her bear and thanked me as if I had never been thanked before. The mother and father________thanked me.
Now when we meet , we all speak, and in a friendly manner I might add. As time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often.________, hardly at all.
Last night we had about four inches of ________. I looked out at my car and wondered ________ I was going to keep my doctor’s appointment(约会). When I opened the outside door, there was my car with all the snow cleaned. I can’t express how I felt at that moment. The man next door was the only person I knew in the whole building,__________when I saw him the next day, I asked him if he was the good man that cleaned my snow. He said ________. He wanted to but his wife said she wanted to do it.
Isn’t it amazing that a 4-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things usually come from _______.
1.A. shouting at B. worrying about C. playing with D. laughing at
2.A. answer B. sound C. act D. present
3.A. mood B. mess C. hurry D. surprise
4.A. her B. others C. her parents D. me
5.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
6.A. worried B. moved C. surprised D. enjoyed
7.A. parents B. girl C. apartment D. door
8.A. proud B. afraid C. short D. full
9.A. all B. every C. both D. either
10.A. In all B. After all C. In fact D. For example
11.A. snow B. clouds C. earth D. rain
12.A. why B. how C. where D. that
13.A. but B. so C. or D. yet
14.A. No B. Of course C. Thanks D. Yes
15.A. small acts B. nice presents C. little children D. neighbors
—I’ve just heard that the speech to be given by Ma Yun, the Alibaba CEO, has been cancelled.
—Oh, no! ________.
A. It’s wonderful B. It doesn’t matter
C. I have no idea D. I was looking forward to that
—We set World Reading Day ________ teens to form a good reading habit.
—Nowadays, people are more aware of the importance of reading.
A. to encourage B. encouraging C. encouraged D. encourage
—It's silly_______ you_______ others’ homework.
—Er, I see. I will do it myself.
A. of; copy B. for; copy C. of; to copy D. for; to copy
—What is the suspect like? — .
A. He is an office worker. B. He is really like his father.
C. He likes reading detective stories. D. He is very thin with thick hair.
—Can I help you, sir?
—I want a new book was written by Cao Wenxuan.
A. what B. where C. which D. who