题目内容：

I grew up on a 50-acre farm in the small rural community of Catawissa, Missouri, as the sixth of seven children. My parents, Archie and Altha, often ______ during meals how everything on the table came from the ______.

Besides running the farm, Dad was also a ______. In the fall of 1970, he was working on a house when the ladder broke ______. His back was fractured in two places an ______ needed rescue.

He stayed in the hospital for three weeks,______ his back to align (校准) correctly so the bones would ______ perfectly.

On Thanksgiving, Dad was still in the hospital. We always butchered pigs the day after the holiday so that we had enough pork ______ for the next year, and that year my uncle ______ with a couple of cousins to help my three older brothers prepare our year’s supply.

After Dad returned home, he was in a back brace, saddened for ______ to work. Worse still, the doctor told us his chance of complete recovery was ______. I was too young to realize our family had no money coming ______ as Christmas approached.

One night we heard a car coming up the long driveway. Always ______ to company, we kids were curious about who was visiting.

Peggy Phelan was at the door, holding an envelope ______ with money which, according to her account, she had ______ in the community. And she was there to ______ it!

Dad tried to ______ but Peggy would have none of it. I can still hear her saying, “Archie, whenever someone’s baler (压捆机) is broken, you bale their hay. Every time someone passes away, Altha is cooking. It’s our ______.”

That evening, I understood what being a good neighbor was, and that ______ my parents were good neighbors,  their ______ would be paid back.

1.A. confirmed    B. argued    C. noted    D. charged

2.A. land    B. hill    C. wood    D. river

3.A. cook    B. carpenter    C. clerk    D. driver

4.A. once in a while    B. all at once    C. by all means    D. at any time

5.A. surprisingly    B. thoroughly    C. terribly    D. gratefully

6.A. reminding    B. tolerating    C. forbidding    D. allowing

7.A. do    B. heal    C. play    D. catch

8.A. in charge    B. in store    C. in demand    D. in nature

9.A. called up    B. picked up    C. showed up    D. came up

10.A. refusal    B. inability    C. commitment    D. anxiety

11.A. dark    B. slim    C. thin    D. shadowy

12.A. in    B. over    C. off    D. away

13.A. blind    B. familiar    C. loyal    D. alert

14.A. stuffed    B. burdened    C. charged    D. covered

15.A. accumulated    B. collected    C. appealed    D. contacted

16.A. divide    B. apply    C. send    D. deliver

17.A. deny    B. admit    C. protest    D. receive

18.A. effort    B. heart    C. turn    D. promise

19.A. because    B. unless    C. until    D. although

20.A. money    B. kindness    C. envelope    D. goods