阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1至20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　A farewell(告别) party was going on. Sylvia Calver hated being the center of any public show where she didn't know anyone. It made her 　(1)　 hot and she always felt she wanted to go away somewhere. But on an occasion(场合) like this when she knew 　(2)　, there was no 　(3)　 to feel shy.　(4)　 she had made up her mind to 　(5)　 people's attention for once in her life. Unlike others, Sylvia didn't have any sad feelings herself at leaving Palmeira Court Hotel or saying good-bye to its 　(6)　 －she had left so many other 　(7)　, and known too many people in her life to get upset by such things now.

　　Yet this 　(8)　 was a particular occasion, and she hadn't had so many of those in her 　(9)　. She had put on her 　(10)　 black dress and her long earrings. She had wanted to enjoy being the center of 　(11)　 for one evening, but now they had 　(12)　 old Miss Hutton of all people to give the 　(13)　 speech, whom she disliked. Even so, she thought there was no sense(意义) in getting 　(14)　 about it, for it was the first rule her 　(15)　 had given her－avoid all anxiety, take things easy. So, surprising herself by enjoying her own well-rounded white arm as 　(16)　 showed through the sleeve(袖子) of her 　(17)　, dress, she took a taste of her drink and then sat back comfortably with her cigarette. And her doctor's orders worked! For, 　(18)　 out slowly, she put Miss Hutton off at the end of her 　(19)　 with a cloud of, tobacco smoke, so that she smiled to herself at the old girl's funny expression. She 　(20)　 herself quite well that night, even to her own surprise.

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The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady came in and asked, “You don’t   31   the house any more?” He kept silent and she   32   shook her head.

The landlady began   33   the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   34   my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent it to others?”

She began looking around her   35  room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   36   to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   37   you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”

This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   38  . At that time, she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the   39   once she entered the room, staring at the whole   40   and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   41   more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   42   his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   43   their wedding photo frame.

 The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   44  , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   45   nonstop through these holes.

　　She   46   to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   47   we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.

She   48  realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   49   and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  50  , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

1.A. like                   B. clean                C. rent                 D. keep

2.A. simply                B. barely          C. coldly               D. proudly

3.A. observing             B. examining       C. watching             D. spotting

4.A. shared                 B. ruined               C. kept                 D. decorated

5.A. familiar              B. dirty                C. empty            D. bright

6.A. devoted                B. attached             C. optimistic      D. guilty

7.A. leaving               B. having          C. asking           D. getting

8.A. clothes               B. pictures             C. umbrellas       D. hats

9.A. floor                 B. wall            C. ceiling              D. door

10.A. trouble                   B. mess             C. confusion            D. order

11.A. putting                   B. striking             C. driving              D. beating

12.A. hung                 B. fastened        C. dropped         D. swung

13.A. connect                   B. fix              C. hang            D. put

14.A. replaced                  B. separated       C. unfastened           D. removed 

15.A. crying                    B. aching           C. bleeding        D. disturbing

16.A. jumped               B. held             C. stuck           D. got

17.A. if                   B. unless           C. as              D. until

18.A. especially                B. eventually      C. fortunately          D. sadly

19.A. chaos                B. troubles         C. quarrels             D. challenges

20. A. Therefore                B. Besides         C. Thus             D. However