题目内容：

    It was Christmas Day and the previous month had been like a frightening dream. Just at that time, our father _______ us, which made me sad for quite a long time. What was _______, a fire broke out in our house then, destroying everything _______ within. We had nothing for a while, no clothes, no money and no place to stay, nothing.

After the fire, we went to _______ with my grandma in her one-bedroom apartment and _______ on her living room floor. Practically penniless, we had only the clothes on our _______. Immediately after remembering what day it was, I _______ that I didn’t have anything to give my mother for Christmas Day. We had _______ given each other something, _______ it was just a heart shaped cookie she baked or a paper card I made.

I stayed on the balcony of the apartment, feeling sad for I ________ not being able to give my mother anything, especially now. She needed _______; she was every bit as ________ as me. Then I saw it. The most beautiful ________ I could have ever imagined. The brightly colored sun ________ lightly on top of some clouds ________ unbelievable blues, browns and reds. The colors combined in pleasant ways. Something ________ in my head — that was the perfect ________ for my mother. I ran ________, too excited to talk, and pulled my mother out onto the balcony. The colors had filled the entire sky.

Mother was ________ but then happy. She told me in a breathless voice that no one had ever given her anything as ________, or as beautiful. She said she would take the light and colors of that sunset and keep them in her heart forever...

1.A.beat B.visited C.missed D.left

2.A.more B.worse C.wrong D.better

3.A.painted B.buried C.held D.designed

4.A.suffer B.cooperate C.live D.work

5.A.played B.slept C.bumped D.cried

6.A.backs B.suitcases C.tables D.cupboards

7.A.recognized B.expected C.thought D.realized

8.A.always B.seldom C.nearly D.only

9.A.as if B.after C.when D.even if

10.A.imagined B.resisted C.hated D.considered

11.A.cheering up B.putting up C.giving up D.showing up

12.A.ashamed B.disappointed C.lucky D.unhappy

13.A.clouds B.sunset C.sunrise D.smile

14.A.rested B.placed C.decorated D.entered

15.A.occupied with B.covered with C.made of D.divided into

16.A.wandered B.clicked C.broke D.jumped

17.A.plan B.gift C.excuse D.dream

18.A.downstairs B.upstairs C.inside D.away

19.A.satisfied B.amazed C.scared D.puzzled

20.A.expensive B.common C.special D.funny