阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35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 ____16 ____good,” he said. Following his nose, he ____17____in his chair at the table.
After dinner I helped with dishes and watched the news. They ____18____ a homeless family with children who’d been forced out of a ____19____ due to overcrowding. That story stuck in my mind the rest of the night. ____20____when I went to bed, I kept thinking about those ____21____chidren.
I glanced around my room and ____22____my old computer. Here I am worried about getting a new computer ____23____ that family is living on the street in the middle of winter. How could I be so ____24____?
That night, I prayed for that family and also that if I had won, for God to show me how to ____25____the money and prize wisely.
The next week seemed to drag as we ____26____ to hear about the contest for the Instant Game Winner from my ____27____a bag of chocolate. Finally, I believed that it was exactly what my mom and dad had thought—a ____28____. Yet I still couldn’t help thinking about the ____ 29____and how God would want me to use it.
“It’s for real!” My dad ____30____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 ____31____the prize.”
After a group hug, I caught my breath and thanked God. I realize now that ____32____do affect my everyday life. And that’s why I ____33____to give my parents the Beetle until I’m 18, ____34____$18,000 with my sister for our college fund and give $2,000 to a local ____35____shelter—to help families like the one I saw on television. That’s one sweet choice!
16. A. tastes B. feels C. touches D. smells
17. A. sat down B. got up C. put down D. set up
18. A. supported B. stood C. showed D. stayed
19. A. school B. shelter C. shoulder D. sight
20. A. Even B. Once C. So D. Again
21. A. tiresome B. stupid C. lovely D. diligent
22. A. stared at B. stepped into C. left for D. looked after
23. A. while B. before C. after D. since
24. A. proud B. wise C. selfish D. lovely
25. A. make B. use C. get D. earn
26. A. happened B. moved C. began D. waited
27. A. buying B. selling C. forgetting D. remembering
28. A. question B. trouble C. difficulty D. trick
29. A. computer B. money C. chocolate D. television
30. A. permitted B. promised C. announced D. answered
31. A. offer B. supply C. receive D. refuse
32. A. dishes B. families C. worries D. choices
33. A. decided B. came C. explained D. wrote
34. A. take B. cost C. give D. share
35. 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
