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(困惑)as __29__ 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 __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 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 lift.
21. A. If
B. So
C. As
D. What
22. A. often
B. carefully
C. seldom
D. merely
23. A. hard B. last
C. busiest
D. happiest
24. A. visitors B.
letters
C. calls
D. directions
25. A. empty
B. full
C. closed
D. open
26. A. pouring B.
reaching C.
staring D.
rolling
27. A. describing B. considering C. enjoying
D. expecting
28. A. But
B. Thus
C. Also
D. Even
29. A. any
B. no
C. some
D. such
30. A. joked
B. talked
C. forgot
D. cared
31. A. mailed B.
accepted C.
wrote
D. received
32. A. delivering B. demanding C.
discovering
D. developing
33. A. one
B. each
C. either
D. both
34. A. nearly B.
possibly
C. usually
D. really
35. A. promising B. surprised C.
interested
D. pretending
36. A. below
B. lately
C. next
D. behind
37. A. frightened B. disappointed C. excited
D. pleased
38. A. continued B. stopped
C. started
D. avoided
39. A. easy
B. safe
C. tired
D. anxious
40. A. lost
B. collected C.
torn
D. saved
Key: CADBA/ CDABC/ DABDC/ CBBAD