They sought a brighter future in Britain TYEN THANH, Vietnam---Across the village, the altar tables(

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
They sought a brighter future in Britain
TYEN THANH, Vietnam---Across the village, the altar tables(祭桌) have already been set up. In the households alike, families have not __1__ for the final word on whether their daughters, sons, brothers and sisters are among the 39 people __2__ dead in a refrigerated(冷冻的) truck __3__ in an industrial park in Britain.
The tables bore framed(放在框中的) photos of the missing and their favorite __4__. for the 19-year-old who left to __5__ her family after her father died of cancer, it was Choco-Pies. For the 26_year-old farmer whose family was in __6__, it was cans of Red Bull.
Behind each __7__ was a tale of desperation. Some __8__ light bulbs hang from metal roofs and the roads are muddy. According to locals and experts, they are the faces of the people who are __9__ from parts of Vietnam, a country that on paper __10__ one of Asia’s economic success stories.
Some in Vietnam now talk about “box people”, in an echo(呼应) of the “boat people” who __11__ from the country to other parts of the __12__ after the Vietnam War. The name __13__ the cargo containers in which many __14__ dangerous rides along some of the globe’s busiest trade routes __15__ jobs and a future.
“We have a saying,” said Anthony, a local person. “’If an electrical pole had legs, it would go too.’”
Vietnam’s story was supposed to be different. __16__ by growing trade, it enjoys one of the world’s fastest economic __17__ rates, reaching 7.1 percent last year. Poverty, defined as a person making __18__ than $3.34 per day, has dropped __19__. but many still do not __20__ the benefits.
1.A. waited                B. pushed            C. supported            D. longed
2.A. lost                    B. made                C. found                D. noticed
3.A. seat                B. container            C. top                D. boat
4.A. clothes                B. pies                C. drinks                D. foods
5.A. quit                    B. support            C. organize            D. design
6.A. mind                B. theory                C. practice            D. debt
7.A. village                B. car                C. photograph            D. farmer
8.A. bare                B. bright                C. huge                D. beautiful
9.A. escaping                B. coming                C. swimming            D. suffering
10.A. dislikes                B. prohibits            C. helps                D. represents
11.A. led                B. sold                C. escaped            D. changed
12.A. nation                B. world                C. province            D. town
13.A. sets up                B. refers to            C. talks about            D. separates from
14.A. earn                B. destroy            C. adopt                D. refuse
15.A. giving                B. training            C. describing            D. seeking
16.A. Promoted            B. Decreased            C. Surrounded            D. Increased
17.A. depth                B. growth                C. length                D. width
18.A. more                B. better                C. less                D. worse
19.A. gradually            B. fortunately            C. usually                D. sharply
20.A. share                B. thank                C. contribute            D. neglect
完形:1--5  ACBDB     6--10  DCAAD   11--15  CBBCD   16--20  ABCDA
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