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和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily．When it became lighter．I decided to 1the rain to get my car．which was parked at my office three streets away．
My friends 2that I shouldn't go, 3I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then．I told them that I'd be very 4．One of them wanted to come with me but I 5that she should stay with another friend who needed 6with her baby．
I walked out of the hotel and started making my 7to the car．At the traffic junction (交叉路口), a car 8and the passenger got off with an umbrella． 9I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he'd accompany me to my 10．I was very embarrassed and 11, but he was very persistent (坚持的)．
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk 12, as the ground was wet．When we got to the car park．I thanked him and we 13．I did not get his name and may not even 14him now．Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know．
So how did I pay it 15? I was at home when I 16two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain．They were probably on their way to the construction site near my home, which was a long walk．I went out and 17them an umbrella．The two men were wet through．They were 18by my gesture, and I told them they should take the umbrella and keep it．They were very 19and like me, probably wondered why a stranger was 20such kindness．
1.A．carry B．keep C．brave D．collect
2.A．guessed B．argued C．complained D．promised
3.A．because B．though C．unless D．if
4.A．cheerful B．hopeful C．careful D．regretful
5.A．learned B．insisted C．begged D．worried
6.A．help B．advice C．food D．shelter
7.A．call B．change C．way D．choice
8.A．disappeared B．left C．started D．stopped
9.A．Before B．Since C．When D．For
10.A．home B．station C．hotel D．destination
11.A．agreed B．declined C．smiled D．cried
12.A．slowly B．quickly C．heavily D．gracefully
13.A．waited B．ran C．parted D．rested
14.A．like B．spot C．thank D．recognize
15.A．up B．off C．forward D．out
16.A．noticed B．imagined C．invited D．heard
17.A．made B．passed C．bought D．sold
18.A．disturbed B．impressed C．encouraged D．surprised
19.A．scared B．grateful C．sad D．anxious
20.A．appreciating B．repaying C．accepting D．offering
-- I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have a test on the subject next month.
-- Don’t worry．You ______ have it by Friday.
A．shall B．could C．must D．may
By the time my mother came back from work, my sister and I supper and were waiting for her at the table.
A．have cooked B．were cooking C．had cooked D．would cook
It a Saturday afternoon in May ______ Margaret could arrange for me to meet her elder sister.
A．was until, when B．was until; that
C．was not until, when D．was not until; that
—How will you deal with these papers, Ann?
—I will leave them to takes over the job.
A．anyone B．someone C．whoever D．no matter who
The girl in plain clothes, was wonderfully calm in face of danger, was just sixteen years old.
A．when B．which C．what D．who
