题目内容：

I was hungry, so I took my 8-year-old Shih Tzu, ”Jack”, on a walk to my favorite cafe, about a quarter-mile from my home. They have a nice outside patio(天井) area which, in the late afternoon, is usually _______. I ordered a burger and iced tea and went outside to await my _______.

While waiting for my meal, a homeless man on a bicycle _______ to ask if there was a grocery store in the neighborhood. After I gave him _______, he asked if I had graduated from Santa Clara University. I was wearing a SCU T-shirt at the time. I told him that I graduated from the university some time ago. _______ did I know that this simple response would _______ a 90-minute conversation.

The man, Michael, told me he was 50 years old. He was intelligent and very intelligent. _______, drug use had derailed(使出轨) both his formal _______ and his pursuit of success in the world of work. He drifted from one topic to another, _______ the fact that my lunch had been brought to me. He __________ had more of a need to __________ than I did. I made every effort to give him my full attention, never expecting that our conversation would go on and on and on…

Eventually, I did eat my meal, bite by bite __________ responses in our conversation. Michael was a bit “out there” in terms of his interests and __________. We had little in common, but he was __________ talking with, as he __________ it, “intelligent people.” I consider myself fairly well-educated, but I don’t think of myself as being overly __________. Rather, my “gift” is common sense.

I have to admit that I wished our conversation had been __________ ten or fifteen minutes, but __________ Michael finally rode off on his bike, he thanked me for listening so attentively to him and for my __________ to talk with him for so long. It was then that I realized that, just maybe, that was my __________ in life for today—to be there, in that place, at that time, to engage in that conversation.

1.A. plain    B. flat    C. smooth    D. vacant

2.A. order    B. change    C. bill    D. luggage

3.A. stopped    B. regretted    C. struggled    D. forgot

4.A. honors    B. directions    C. examples    D. chances

5.A. Only    B. So    C. Little    D. Neither

6.A. adapt to    B. point to    C. lead to    D. apply to

7.A. Instantly    B. Besides    C. Unfortunately    D. Therefore

8.A. education    B. influence    C. adventure    D. outcome

9.A. reflecting    B. recommending    C. imagining    D. ignoring

10.A. suitably    B. obviously    C. validly    D. roughly

11.A. wait    B. eat    C. rest    D. talk

12.A. within    B. opposite    C. between    D. across

13.A. viewpoints    B. doubts    C. morals    D. opportunities

14.A. sensitive to    B. independent of    C. surprised at    D. fascinated with

15.A. report    B. change    C. put    D. serve

16.A. confident    B. intelligent    C. embarrassed    D. worried

17.A. kept from    B. reminded of    C. put off    D. limited to

18.A. unless    B. if    C. although    D. when

19.A. willingness    B. courage    C. schedule    D. skill

20.A. operation    B. strength    C. purpose    D. warning