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完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A Young Man Learns What’s Most Important in Life

In his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and little to spend with his wife and son.

One day, his mother phoned him and told him that his old _________  , Mr. Belser, had died. She asked if Jack would attend the funeral. Jack remembered   _________  some of his childhood days with his old neighbor. It had been so long since Jack had thought of him. He _________ thought Mr. Belser had died years before.

Jack’s mother said, “He didn’t forget you. When I saw him, he’d ask _________ you were doing. He’d remember the many days you spent at his home. After your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man’s _________  in your life.”

“He taught me carpentry（木工手艺）,”Jack said. “I wouldn’t be in this business if it weren’t for him. He spent a lot of time _________  me important things. I’ll be there for the funeral. ”

Mr. Belser’s funeral was _________ . He had no children and most of his relatives had died.

The night, after he returned home, Jack and his Mom _________ the old house next door. The house was _________ as Jack remembered.

Jack told his Mom that there was a small gold box that Mr. Belser kept _________ on top of his desk. He had asked a thousand times what was inside, _________  Mr. Belser only said “The thing I value most.” It was _________ . The house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser_________ had taken it.

“Now I’ll never know what was so _________ to him,” Jack said.

Two weeks after Mr. Belser died, Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. “Signature requested on a package. Please   __________ by the main post office.”

Next day Jack collected the package. The return address _________ his attention: “Mr. Harold Belser”.

Jack opened the package. Inside was the gold box and an envelope.

“Upon my death, please _________  this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It’s the thing I valued most in my life. ”Jack   _________ opened the box.

Inside he found a simple pocket watch and also these words   ________  to it, “Jack, Thanks for your time! —Harold Belser.”

“My god! The thing he valued most was…my time. ”He couldn’t believe it.

Immediately he called _________ his appointments for the next two days, because he needed some time to spend with his family.

1.A. friend     B. neighbor     C. relative         D. classmate

2.A. working    B. playing      C. spending         D. talking

3.A. honestly   B. actively      C. foolishly       D. carefully

4.A. when       B. where         C. how              D. why

5.A. help       B. influence     C. shadow           D. attitude

6.A. giving     B. teaching      C. helping         D. assisting

7.A. big        B. wonderful     C. small            D. moving

8.A. came      B. returned      C. painted         D. visited

9.A. possibly  B. strangely     C. differently     D. completely

10.A. buried   B. discovered   C. locked           D. reached

11.A. so      B. but           C. or              D. when

12.A. dear      B. gone         C. old              D. clear

13.A. wife      B. son          C. family           D. neighbor

14.A. valuable B. necessary     C. important        D. expensive

15.A. stop      B. begin        C. start            D. hurry

16.A. gathered B. visited      C. greeted          D. caught

17.A. give     B. improve       C. return           D. pay

18.A. casually B. sadly         C. nervously        D. carefully

19.A. attached B. writing      C. reading          D. printed

20.A. on       B. at            C. in              D. off