题目内容：

I am an American living in France for twenty years. I used to complain about how the French were ______ for friendship. I had a(n)______ time making a living here.

When I came I felt a need to meet people,______ I went to the cinema night for women’s day. I was excited about the way to connect to French women through the ______ we would have after the film, perhaps to make friends and get more chance of ______.

Outside the cinema was a woman with long gray hair who had a slightly ______ smell and was asking for money. I ______ my wallet to give her a Euro and then something made me stop and enter into ______ with her. I said, “Look, people are seeing a film that could ______ your life. I’d rather buy you a ticket than give you money.”

So she came in,______ behind me because she said people ______ the theater didn't like her. She sat next to me in the cinema. Then I noticed some women were looking at me, with expressions of ______.

I encouraged the women to come the following night to an event. I ______ her to an agency that helped women in her ______. Then, a woman came towards me and said, “Did you buy a ticket for the woman?” When I said yes, she said, “Please come to the community center to ______ other employees there.”

This was the ______ of a deep friendship and colleague relationship. The woman I took to the cinema that night wasn’t ______. Actually, she was a secretary and spoke English.

For me, though, she was ______ my angel. I made a great friend ______ reaching out to her, also got a great job, and ______ myself of many previous negative judgments about the French.

1.A. suitable    B. unavailable    C. comfortable    D. accessible

2.A. easy    B. simple    C. good    D. hard

3.A. still    B. so    C. though    D. but

4.A. argument    B. puzzle    C. discussion    D. revision

5.A. work    B. income    C. friendship    D. communications

6.A. strong    B. delicious    C. sweet    D. strange

7.A. picked up    B. put away    C. handed out    D. reached for

8.A. conversation    B. research    C. assistance    D. collision

9.A. defend    B. lead    C. transform    D. challenge

10.A. watching    B. stepping    C. hiding    D. failing

11.A. coining    B. running    C. noticing    D. building

12.A. excitement    B. disappointment    C. pride    D. surprise

13.A. directed    B. invited    C. explained    D. suggested

14.A. name    B. place    C. situation    D. honor

15.A. introduce    B. hire    C. train    D. meet

16.A. result    B. end    C. beginning    D. case

17.A. homeless    B. alone    C. wealthy    D. lonely

18.A. rather than    B. more than    C. other than    D. less than

19.A. beyond    B. except    C. through    D. from

20.A. warned    B. reminded    C. accused    D. rid