题目内容：

I am a volunteer in the Friendly Visiting Program. I visit a(n)______ who does not seem ______ because her son and grandchildren live upstairs with her.______, she has a special disease and ______ this condition she cannot ______ the house alone. For whatever reasons, her family is too nervous or ______ to take her out of the house with her oxygen tank. I will admit at first I was ______ too! But she is a fiercely independent lady and can ______ it with ease.

Since her loneliness comes from staying ______ so long, we meet about every other week. We go to IHOP and I get to ______ her amazing stories such as when she first moved to Boston from Ireland,______ she first met her husband and about her large family. She often ______ at the end of our meetings, saying I had no ______ to cut in. I am a chatty person but with her all I want to do is ______. Often, her family members have heard these ______ and may take them for granted, but for me they are ______ and interesting. We often stay at IHOP for 2 hours ______ the free flowing coffee.

It is nice to know that when I drop her back off at home she is not ______ lonely. But I also see the real ______ our meetings make. There have been times when, because of her ______ issues, we have not seen one another for a month or two and we miss each other terribly. I feel very lucky to have a friend like her.

1.A. teacher    B. gentleman    C. doctor    D. elder

2.A. friendly    B. happy    C. lonely    D. kind

3.A. Therefore    B. However    C. Otherwise    D. Instead

4.A. due to    B. instead of    C. beyond    D. out of

5.A. occupy    B. repair    C. leave    D. decorate

6.A. eager    B. glad    C. shocked    D. inconvenient

7.A. painful    B. nervous    C. carefully    D. voluntary

8.A. finish    B. handle    C. face    D. cure

9.A. indoors    B. silent    C. upstairs    D. healthy

10.A. tell    B. write    C. hear    D. record

11.A. why    B. that    C. which    D. how

12.A. apologizes    B. complains    C. cries    D. responds

13.A. place    B. desire    C. chance    D. doubt

14.A. laugh    B. listen    C. sit    D. speak

15.A. stories    B. songs    C. suggestions    D. poems

16.A. familiar    B. new    C. similar    D. necessary

17.A. giving away    B. looking forward to    C. focusing on    D. taking advantage of

18.A. completely    B. possibly    C. regularly    D. truly

19.A. trouble    B. progress    C. difference    D. adjustment

20.A. marriage    B. family    C. address    D. health