题目内容：

    I wasn’t looking forward to Christmas 2017, after the passing of my mom in August. It was on a cold December day that I left work to meet my _______ at our lawyer’s office to sign papers of Mom’s will. With a sense of _______ my sister and I sat down and had a little celebration for what we had done. I have _______ this to the fact that we love each other very much.

That’s when my sister told me her family would probably not be coming to my place on Christmas this year. I had simply _______ I would continue holding a Christmas party. Realizing I was surprised, she explained a lot. _______, we began to call family members to ensure they’d be on that day. _______ no one was at home, we ended up leaving messages.

The first _______ came from my aunt letting me know she wouldn’t come. I said the _______ thing but I was depressed. The next came from my niece _______ me they’d go to Ontario to visit a family there. I felt ________. Then my brother called and ________ me not hold a gathering this year. I doubted my sister had asked him to call me, hoping he could ________ me, but I insisted I need to do this for Mom.

When I arrived at home, I was ________ shocked. A beautiful Christmas wreath (花环) was hanging on my front door. Where had it come from? It ________ my husband wanted to do something ________ for me. He was always busy with work. But to my ________, he had decorated the ________ house. “Where did the wreath come from?” I asked him. “It was in a plastic bag in our basement, so I ________ the wreath.”

It was only then that I remembered it was Mom’s wreath, which had been one of the things I bought home. When I was feeling ________, Mom sent me the very ________. I know she is still with me.

1.A.aunt B.sister C.brother D.niece

2.A.relief B.loss C.security D.humor

3.A.blamed B.owed C.applied D.accustomed

4.A.begged B.recalled C.assumed D.forgot

5.A.Stupidly B.Excitedly C.Calmly D.Awkwardly

6.A.Although B.So C.Because D.Thus

7.A.call B.visit C.greeting D.invitation

8.A.horrible B.appropriate C.urgent D.limited

9.A.warning B.advising C.convincing D.informed

10.A.determined B.nervous C.numb D.innocent

11.A.suggested B.directed C.commanded D.demanded

12.A.admire B.rescue C.sponsor D.persuade

13.A.gradually B.completely C.occasionally D.slightly

14.A.pointed out B.turned out C.picked out D.brought out

15.A.harmless B.obvious C.special D.grateful

16.A.amazement B.amusement C.disappointed D.regret

17.A.temporary B.ideal C.steady D.entire

18.A.paid off B.gave out C.put up D.searched for

19.A.enthusiastic B.delighted C.shocked D.discouraged

20.A.miracle B.saying C.concept D.decoration