题目内容：

    “Oh, no! You’re moving?” Such was my neighbor’s ______ when she saw household items appearing on my lawn and ______ my driveway.

“Nope. Just cleaning house!” I called back, smiling.

This yard sale had been the result of six months of ______. I had searched every ______ and overflowing closet and cupboard—crazy about my seeking to find items to ______.

I met loads of ______ and friendly people. The Mirror Lady was ______ to buy the antique mirror from my first apartment for her daughter’s first apartment; and the Futon Girl, a college sophomore, said my futon (沙发床) and frame were ______ for her dorm room.

And how can I ______ the Camera Man? Bending absorbedly over the “technology” table, he spotted my husband’s faded ______ bag from the early 80s. Zippered compartments (隔包) ______ a broken camera and a few old lenses. “Wow!” he said, as he picked it up and made me a(n) ______. I asked what he was going to do with it. “It’s just cool—I have a shelf at home for cool ______ technology.” So apparently he ______ it just so he could look at it. As he walked down the driveway with the dusty bag ______ over his shoulder, for a second I ______ my journalist husband doing the same, heading out to ______ a story. That made me feel ______.

All yard sales lasted two days. As hard as it can be to let things ______, the true value of those things is to ______ you of a place you lived in, a special time in your life, or a loved one in your heart.

1.A. acquisition    B. concern    C. explanation    D. meaning

2.A. picking up    B. getting over    C. putting up    D. taking over

3.A. adaptation    B. protection    C. preparation    D. production

4.A. messy    B. bare    C. elegant    D. tidy

5.A. measure    B. present    C. serve    D. sell

6.A. generous    B. conservative    C. interesting    D. cautious

7.A. thrilled    B. tired    C. confused    D. embarrassed

8.A. famous    B. perfect    C. vital    D. cheap

9.A. blame    B. trouble    C. worry    D. forget

10.A. camera    B. hand    C. plastic    D. tool

11.A. allocate    B. approached    C. exposed    D. withdraw

12.A. appointment    B. appeal    C. excuse    D. offer

13.A. fashionable    B. old    C. advanced    D. portable

14.A. bought    B. improved    C. donated    D. twisted

15.A. disappearing    B. hanging    C. printing    D. winding

16.A. pictured    B. appreciated    C. stopped    D. forgave

17.A. review    B. report    C. rhyme    D. repeat

18.A. lonely    B. silly    C. good    D. hopeful

19.A. gather    B. survive    C. control    D. go

20.A. cheat    B. inform    C. remind    D. warn