阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was   1to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She   2the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old   3thinking that she wouldn’t live   4from then on.

Over the years, I   5and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,   6a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an)   7trying (难受的) day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang   8.

A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,   9into my son’s room with a box of   10. After 16 years, I still   11Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about   12since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she   13the path for those people who were less   14than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be   15.

Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt   16. But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was   17. From this person that I thought would have no   18of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously (神奇的)   19and we moved north, but I owe Helen   20that I can never repay.

1.A. walking                 B. riding                       C. running                    D. driving

2.A. lived                      B. survived                   C. existed                     D. escaped

3.A. mind                            B. brain                        C. head                        D. thought

4.A. equally                  B. calmly               C. quietly               D. normally

5.A. studied                  B. moved               C. worked                    D. 1ived

6.A. suffering               B. causing                    C. bearing                     D. catching

7.A. normally                B. particularly        C. necessarily        D. eventually

8.A. up                         B. off                           C. back                        D. down

9.A. ran                        B. walked                     C. rolled                       D. moved

10.A. tissues                 B. presents                   C. pills                         D. candies

11.A. realized                B. knew                       C. recognized         D. reminded

12.A. her life                 B. her son                     C. her family                 D. her work

13.A. clear                           B. smooth                     C. clean                        D. open

14.A. rich                            B. healthy                     C. strong               D. fortunate

15.A. money                 B. hope                        C. pity                          D. medicine

16.A. small                          B. pitiful                       C. weak                       D. shameless

17.A. admitted                     B. beaten               C. hurt                         D. hospitalized

18.A. use                      B. value                        C. meaning                   D. quality

19.A. treated                 B. worsened                 C. relieved                    D. recovered

20.A. some money        B. some tissues             C. a debt                   D. a hope

We ____ last night , but we went to the cinema instead

1. A.
   must have studied
2. B.
   might study
3. C.
   should have studied
4. D.
   would study

— Are you glad to hear from her?

— Of course. ___________, we last met more than thirty years ago.

 It’s so nice to hear from her. ______, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A. What’s more B. That’s to say      C. In other words                 D. Believe it or not