阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
As I hurried to the kitchen, my dad came in. “Something ____1___good,” he said. Following his nose, he ____2____in his chair at the table.
After dinner I helped with dishes and watched the news. They ____3____ a homeless family with children who’d been forced out of a ____4____ due to overcrowding. That story stuck in my mind the rest of the night. ____5____when I went to bed, I kept thinking about those ____6____chidren.
I glanced around my room and ____7____my old computer. Here I am worried about getting a new computer ____8____ that family is living on the street in the middle of winter. How could I be so ____9____?
That night, I prayed for that family and also that if I had won, for God to show me how to ____10____the money and prize wisely.
The next week seemed to drag as we ____11____ to hear about the contest for the Instant Game Winner from my ____12____a bag of chocolate. Finally, I believed that it was exactly what my mom and dad had thought—a ____13____. Yet I still couldn’t help thinking about the ____ 14____and how God would want me to use it.
“It’s for real!” My dad ____15____one night after hanging up the phone. “You did win,” he said with a smile. “They’re flying the four of us to Los Angeles in April to ____16____the prize.”
After a group hug, I caught my breath and thanked God. I realize now that ____17____do affect my everyday life. And that’s why I ____18____to give my parents the Beetle until I’m 18, ____19____$18,000 with my sister for our college fund and give $2,000 to a local ____20____shelter—to help families like the one I saw on television. That’s one sweet choice!
1.A. tastes B. feels C. touches D. smells
2.A. sat down B. got up C. put down D. set up
3.A. supported B. stood C. showed D. stayed
4.A. school B. shelter C. shoulder D. sight
5.A. Even B. Once C. So D. Again
6.A. tiresome B. stupid C. lovely D. diligent
7.A. stared at B. stepped into C. left for D. looked after
8.A. while B. before C. after D. since
9.A. proud B. wise C. selfish D. lovely
10.A. make B. use C. get D. earn
11.A. happened B. moved C. began D. waited
12.A. buying B. selling C. forgetting D. remembering
13.A. question B. trouble C. difficulty D. trick
14.A. computer B. money C. chocolate D. television
15.A. permitted B. promised C. announced D. answered
16.A. offer B. supply C. receive D. refuse
17.A. dishes B. families C. worries D. choices
18.A. decided B. came C. explained D. wrote
19.A. take B. cost C. give D. share
20.A. homeless B. happy C. hopeless D. sick
_________he is the son of the boss, he started from the lowest position as a common employee.
A. Unless B. Since C. While D. As
Following the guide, we went into a house, _________ wall hung a picture of Einstein.
A. on its B. on that C. on whose D. on which
Mr. Keller _________ forty cigarettes a day until he gave it up.
A. had smoked B. smokes C. have smoked D. smoked
—Excuse me, can you spare me a few minutes?
—_________?
A. What’s on B. What’s up C. What is it D. What’s more
Those farmers who _________ move from place to place with their animals in the past have moved into new houses at last.
A. could B. might C. would D. should
