Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、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。

People say one man’s trash(垃圾) is another man’s treasure. That________comes to me as I________the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away in 1996. My father left the house ________ my sister and me when he died a few months ago.

After Dad was ________ , we looked around the________ house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so ________ all the stuff left. Like so many of their generation, my parents ________ everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious ________ about what to abandon and what to keep.

As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every ________my parents ever saw, I also ________many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, ________ her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵) and a world traveler, ________ everything—from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the ________ . The letters he wrote during the war ________ his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I ________ our old kitchen table, which brought back ________ of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.

I'm realizing all these things ________ my parents' life journey. Each time I go to________ , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I ________ knew. ________ , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.

1.A. coincidence B. goal C. principle D. thought

2.A. looked for B. looked through C. looked into D. looked after

3.A. to B. for C. with D. by

4.A. retired B. ill C. gone D. injured

5.A. clean B. strange C. empty D. modern

6.A. pleased with B. familiar with C. astonished at D. disappointed at

7.A. saved B. enjoyed C. purchased D. designed

8.A. decisions B. bargains C. challenges D. responsibilities

9.A. person B. doctor C. neighbor D. child

10.A. bought B. discovered C. buried D. lost

11.A. just B. even C. only D. yet

12.A. liked B. bought C. kept D. lost

13.A. countryside B. school C. college D. army

14.A. receive B. direct C. sense D. describe

15.A. repaired B. cleaned C. spotted D. set

16.A. Introductions B. memories C. descriptions D. communications

17.A. represented B. recognized C. instructed D. confirmed

18.A. the supermarket B. church C. my office D. the house

19.A. merely B. always C. really D. never

20.A. Everything B. Nothing C. Anything D. Something

Answer 1