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。
I put a package of small gold colored foil (金箔) angels in my purse after my illness. The package was ___1___ and the angels fell out into my purse.
On the way home, I was at the store __2____ for something and change was __3____. I dug in, got the change and gave it to the __4____. I didn’t realize there were also angels sticking (粘) to the ___5___! Well, she said, “Oh, angels for __6____! Thank you! Come back and see me anytime!”
This __7____ several times that day, with almost the same reaction at __8____ places, with different people. So now I keep the angels in there and __9____ dispense (分发) them with the change.
This little __10____ has led to some interesting conversations --- for example, when I did go back to the same __11____ where the lady received the __12____ angles, she told me how much she __13____ them and kept them by her bed.
She then told me, “I was __14____ as a child, I couldn’t walk or talk. My grandparents told me that if I didn’t __15____ I would be healed because the angel was __16____ me. I started praying, and within a year I was totally healed! I’m so __17____ for this healing!”
She also told me that the first time she __18____me, she thought I was an angel! I then gave her some more angels, and ___19___ she acted like I had given her a million dollars!
What a lovely __20____!
I plan on always keeping the little gold angels in my purse and dispensing them everywhere. When I do, I don’t say anything --- I just give them with the change.
1.A. lost B. mended C. opened D. stolen
2.A. calling B. paying C. looking D. examining
3.A. saved B. checked C. returned D. required
4.A. salesperson B. waiter C. beggar D. conductor
5.A. clothes B. purse C. money D. package
6.A. them B. her C. you D. me
7.A. changed B. happened C. existed D. gained
8.A. different B. similar C. familiar D. successful
9.A. never B. almost C. always D. finally
10.A. reaction B. fault C. help D. practice
11.A. company B. store C. station D. city
12.A. first B. only C. last D. some
13.A. treasured B. missed C. expected D. needed
14.A. deaf B. blind C. wounded D. disabled
15.A. get up B. give up C. turn up D. come up
16.A. inside B. outside C. like D. behind
17.A. tense B. sorry C. grateful D. proud
18.A. dreamed B. tested C. saw D. found
19.A. however B. also C. later D. again
20.A. trade B. experience C. plan D. method
The number of people invited _____ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different
reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
He ______ have attended the meeting this morning. He has been staying at my home for a whole day.
A. can’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
______ another button and your meal is prepared and heated for you.
A. If you press B. To press C. Press D. Pressing
Many teens don’t get enough sleep because they have ____ homework, ____makes them stay up at night.
A. much too; which B. too much; that C. much too; what D. too much; which
—How about fried chicken?
—Oh, it ___ lots of fat.
A. remains B. contains C. holds D. includes
