The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition (过渡期) for me. 1 is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and 2 thought about going home.

　　Although the 3 time for many students is getting 4 from home, my mailbox was frequently 5 One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 6 out at me. I sat down to read it, 7 a note from someone back home. 8 I be-came increasingly puzzled (困惑) as 9 postcards were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and 10 about it.

　　Several days later I 11 another post-card, this one 12 news about Maybel-line, Mabel's cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another, 13 full of news of different people. I began to 14 look forward to the next one, 15 to see what this author would come up with 16 I was never 17 .

　　Finally, the cards 18 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 19 about college life. They had been such a hap-py distraction (调剂) that I have 20 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift.

The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition（过渡期）for me.   1   is probably true with many people．I got quite homesick and   2   thought about going home.

Although the   3   time for many students is getting   4   from home, my mailbox was frequently   2   . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard   6   out at me．I sat down to read it,   7   a note from someone back home.  8   I became increasingly puzzled as   9   postcard were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and   10   about it.

Several days later I   11   another postcard, this one  12   news about Maybe line, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another,   13   full of news of different people. I began to   14   look forward to the next one, 15 to see what this author would come up with 16   . I was never  17   .

Finally, the cards   18   coming, right about the time I had begun to feel   19   about college life. They had been such a happy distraction （调剂） that, I have 20  all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a life.

1．A．If                        B．So                      C．As                     D．What

2．A．often                    B．carefully             C．seldom               D．merely

3．A．hard                     B．last                     C．busiest               D．happiest

4．A．visitors                 B．letters                 C．calls                   D．directions

5．A．empty                  B．full                     C．closed                D．open

6．A．pouring                 B．reaching             C．staring                D．rolling

7．A．describing             B．considering          C．enjoying             D．expecting

8．A．But                      B．Thus                  C．Also                   D．Even

9．A．any                      B．no                      C．some                  D．such

10．A．joked                  B．talked                 C．forgot                D．cared

11．A．mailed                B．accepted             C．wrote                 D．received

12．A．delivering            B．demanding          C．discovering         D．developing

13．A．one                    B．each                   C．either                 D．both

14．A．hardly                B．possibly              C．usually               D．really

15．A．promising           B．surprised            C．interested            D．pretending

16．A．below                 B．lately                  C．next                   D．behind

17．A．frightened           B．disappointed        C．excited               D．pleased

18．A．continued            B．stopped              C．started                D．avoided

19．A．easy                   B．safe                    C．tired                   D．anxious

20．A．lost                     B．collected       C．torn                     D．saved

The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition（过渡期）for me.   21   is probably true with many people．I got quite homesick and   22   thought about going home.   

Although the   23   time for many students is getting   24   from home, my mailbox was frequently   25   . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard   26   out at me．I sat down to read it,   27   a note from someone back home.  28   I became increasingly puzzled as   29   postcard were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and   30   about it.   

Several days later I   31   another postcard, this one   32   news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another,   33   full of news of different people. I began to   34   look forward to the next one, 35 to see what this author would come up with 36   . I was never  37   .   

Finally, the cards   38   coming, right about the time I had begun to feel   39   about college life. They had been such a happy distraction (调剂) that, I have 40 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a life.