根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

There were a family of nine: the father, the mother, two boys and five girls. The father worked as a kitchen cleaner at a local school and the rest of the family did the same job-----clean people’s yards.   71      

Then one day, the father lost his job at the school. He asked me if I could allow him to clean my yard.    72     He and his family came to our house three times a week to clean the yard.

One Sunday morning, the father suffered a stroke and died in the hospital two days later. The poor family had lost their main bread-winner. The eldest boy had just completed high school and was getting ready to go to college.    73   

For the following years, Andrew, my husband and I did all our best to help make sure the family got their education, and provided some daily needs, like clothes.

    74    . They didn’t have a toilet in their home! Imagine! A mother, a fifteen-year-old girl, and four smaller children without a toilet or bathroom!

The next morning, my friend Peter came to my house. Then I told him I wanted to do something for the poor family. As a helpful man, he promised to offer some money. So together we built a bathroom and a toilet for this family in three days.    75    . And we felt happy, too.

A.      Clearly, they lived a poor life.

B.      The others were just little kids

C.      Realizing his situation, I offered him the job at once.

D.     This brought a lot of smiles and happiness to the family.

E.      Every day we gave her some pocket money.

F.      We visited the family once and one thing made us greatly surprised.

G.     You would be surprised to know that this poor family lived in just two rooms!

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Our cat has a sweet nature, and she can let us know what she wants. When we fail to meet her needs, she gently leads us in the proper direction. When I forget to fill her water bowl early in the morning, she runs after my legs, and then pushes me in the direction of her bowl. She doesn’t get irritated (生气的); instead, she expresses her wishes in the best way. And I always understand what she is telling me.

One day I found myself envying (羡慕) her simple expression. How many times had I expected my husband or my children to know my wants without my ever giving voice to them? How many times had I been disappointed that they couldn’t understand when I needed a hug, a compliment (恭维) or a chocolate bar?

After a pleasant afternoon with my husband, I wanted to stop somewhere nice and have dinner, but he didn’t understand my hints (暗示). “Couldn’t you see that I wanted to go out to dinner?” I complained when he pulled into our driveway.

“Why didn’t you say so? I can’t read your mind,” he answered in impatience. His words gave me pause. Had I expected him to read my mind? Why hadn’t I expressed my desire more clearly? I realized I had fallen into the female trap of “If you love me, you can read my mind.”

Now, I state my needs clearly and directly. I look at my cat and know she agrees.

53. Why was the author disappointed in her husband or her children?

    A. Her husband didn’t give her a hug.                     

    B. Her children didn’t give her a chocolate bar.

    C. They didn’t give her a compliment.

    D. They didn’t understand her mind.

54. What will the author do if she wants something from her husband now?

    A. She will give him her hints.                          B. She lets him guess what she wants.

    C. She tells him her needs directly.                      D. She buys what she wants herself.

55. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph?

    A. I realized what I did was wrong.

    B. I stopped and didn’t go with my husband.

    C. My husband prevented me from going on.

    D. My husband stopped me from saying something.

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