阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
The year I went to college was a very difficult transition(过渡期) for me. 1is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and 2thought about going home.
Although the 3time for many students is getting 4from home, my mailbox was frequently 5. One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 6out at me. I sat down to read it, 7a note from someone back home. 8I became increasingly puzzled(困惑) as 9postcards were like this; It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her new born baby. I took the card back to my room and 10about it.
Several days later I 11another postcard, this one 12news about Maybel line, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another, 13full of news of different people. I began to 14look forward to the next one, 15to see what this author would come up with 16. I was never 17.
Finally, the cards 18coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 19about college life. They had been such a happy distraction(调剂) that, I have 20all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift.
1.A. If B. So C. As D. What
2.A. often B. carefully C. seldom D. merely
3.A. hard B. last C. busiest D. happiest
4.A. visitors B. letters C. calls D. directions
5.A. empty B. full C. closed D. open
6.A. pouring B. reaching C. staring D. rolling
7.A. describing B. considering C. enjoying D. expecting
8.A. But B. Thus C. Also D. Even
9.A. any B. no C. some D. such
10.A. joked B. talked C. forgot D. cared
11.A. mailed B. accepted C. worte D. received
12.A. delivering B. demanding C. discovering D. developing
13.A. one B. each C. either D. both
14.A. nearly B. possibly C. usually D. really
15.A. promising B. surprised C. interested D. pretending
16.A. below B. lately C. next D. behind
17.A. frightened B. disappointed C. excited D. pleased
18.A. continued B. stopped C. started D. avoided
19.A. easy B. safe C. tired D. anxious
20.A. lost B. collected C. torn D. saved
As you can see, the number of cars on roads _______ rising these days.
A. we keeping B. keep C. keeps D. were keeping
I know you don’t like _______ music very much. But what do you think of _______ music in the film we saw yesterday?
A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. /; the
There were a lot of people standing at the door and the small girl couldn’t get _______.
A. between B. through C. across D. beyond
We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, _______ that all children like these things.
A. thinking B. think C. to think D. thought
–What did your parents think about your decision?
–They always let me do _______ I think I should.
A. when B. that C. how D. what