题目内容：

    For years, I thought a present and a gift as the same thing.

I grew up in a household where presents marked special ________ There was always a box for each of us under the tree at Christmas. _________, Dad always gave Mom something each Valentine’s Day and anniversary. He would carefully plan his shopping trips to find just the _______ thing. His joy in the hunt was proof of the _______of giving and of his love for her. I saw these presents as the _______ of a husband's devotion.

So when I married a man who did not give presents on a regular basis, it was an _______

I wrestled with my expectation. Gary did hot _______ avoid gift-giving. Gary would return from sea armed with a brown paper bag inside of which was something that _______ him of me. But mostly, he ignored holidays, _______ to shop for a thing to present to me as a sign of love.

I tried to change him ________. I prepared gifts for Christmas and for his birthdays ________. He appreciated the caring, but refused to do the same thing for me. I dropped hints, they ________ deaf ears.

I began to tell him what I wanted, giving ________ instructions. When Gary left for the market one Saturday, I asked him to find me diamond earrings as a birthday present. Yet he came home with a road scraper （刮路机）.

________when the snowstorm stopped later that year and he was at sea, I used the road scraper to plow （犁）out both our driveway and our neighbor's, thinking how ________ earrings would have been and it was then that I realized he had been giving me gifts all along. The gestures, large and small, born of his caring and concern were the ________that he gave daily.

We ________ to teach others how to love us. In that struggle, we often forget how to ________ the love they already give us as only they can give it.

I finally began to understand the ________ between a present and a gift. A present is a thing. But a gift is a small act of kindness, the willingness to ________ another's needs, the sacrifice of time and effort.

1.A.locations B.situations C.occasions D.conditions

2.A.Additionally B.Originally C.Fortunately D.Consequently

3.A.cheap B.astonishing C.splendid D.right

4.A.pleasure B.ambition C.intention, D.addiction

5.A.example B.emphasis C.experiment D.expression

6.A.improvement B.adjustment C.excitement D.enjoyment

7.A.actively B.willingly C.patiently D.wholly

8.A.warned B.reminded C.convinced D.informed

9.A.refusing B.announcing C.demanding D.rushing

10.A.by tradition B.by force C.by example D.by accident

11.A.on purpose B.in order C.at random D.on time

12.A.absorbed in B.cared for C.fell on D.broke down

13.A.some B.specific C.brief D.unusual

14.A.And B.So C.Though D.But

15.A.precious B.practical C.useless D.ugly

16.A.promises B.gifts C.blessings D.instructions

17.A.struggle B.fail C.attempt D.decide

18.A.express B.appreciate C.return D.share

19.A.distance B.similarity C.difference D.conflict

20.A.fight against B.laugh at C.turn down D.bend to