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。
It used to be our custom to take handmade baskets to friends on May Day. We would 1baskets on a doorstep, knock on the door, and then run away as fast as our legs could 2us. It was delightful to peer (窥视) around a bush and watch our friends open their 3and pick up the colorful gift, 4who had left it out for them.
I clearly 5the May Day of the year when I turned ten. That year I was faced with a(an) 6involving one of my dearest friends, Pam. We had studied and 7together nearly every day, but things 8after a new family had moved into our small town. Pam was spending more and more time at their house and I felt 9and left out.
When my mother asked me 10I was going to take a May Day basket to Pam’s house, I responded 11, “Absolutely not! I hate Pam.” I began to cry.
Mom wiped away my 12and told me that things and people change. She explained that one of the greatest things friends can do is to give each other a 13to grow, to change and to develop, and that it’s 14for one’s friends to spend time with other people.
I 15decided to give Pam a basket as a sign of forgiveness, and asked my sister to help me do it. As we watched from our 16place, Pam picked up the basket and said loudly enough for us to hear, “Thank you, Susie, I hoped you wouldn’t 17me!”
That day, I made a 18that changed my life: I decided to hold my friends tightly in my heart, but 19in my expectations of them, allowing them 20to grow and to change—with or without me.
1.A. hang B. place C. throw D. give
2.A. send B. transport C. carry D. support
3.A. baskets B. eyes C. arms D. doors
4.A. asking B. wondering C. mentioning D. informing
5.A. remember B. experience C. remind D. grasp
6.A. plan B. task C. opportunity D. challenge
7.A. lived B. played C. traveled D. discussed
8.A. failed B. finished C. changed D. proved
9.A. started B. hurt C. paid D. injured
10.A. why B. what C. whether D. how
11.A. anxiously B. weakly C. angrily D. happily
12.A. tears B. thoughts C. unhappiness D. freedom
13.A. reason B. means C. chance D. direction
14.A. able B. impossible C. acceptable D. doubtful
15.A. nearly B. hardly C. finally D. generally
16.A. covering B. hiding C. cheering D. passing
17.A. miss B. forget C. disturb D. control
18.A. decision B. mistake C. suggestion D. difference
19.A. deeply B. shortly C. highly D. loosely
20.A. time B. space C. sense D. care
— Are you getting a new apartment this year?
— ________ I can’t afford to pay my bills, let alone buy a new apartment.
A. Don’t mention it. B. You must be joking.
C. Are you sure? D. Good idea.
As far as I know, he is seldom, _______ , late for school.
A. if so B. if never C. if ever D. if any
— My mum is a typist.
— I know this sort of work _______ skill and speed.
A. asks for B. looks for C. calls for D. pays for
— You were out when I dropped in at your house.
— Oh, I _______ for a friend from England at the airport.
A. was waiting B. had waited C. am waiting D. have waited
A new library is being built _______ there was a playground .
A. that B. in which C. where D. when
