Ⅱ.完形填空 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。
A few years ago I chose a “word of the year” to practise. As I began in 2014, I looked forward to how the word “ 1 ” would shape the coming year.
I planned to give a gift each day for the 2 year. Some gifts would take time to prepare, but some of the other gifts came about more 3 ，such as helping someone cross the street. But either way, I always tried to seek a(n) 4 to serve.
Some gifts in 2014 5 reading to my next door’s kids. I 6 reading as my gift of the day. My mind is still crowded with precious 7 now.
Twice I 8 a few coins on the sidewalk for a kid to find. It may have cost a few 9 ， but I considered it a chance to 10 another person’s day. Along the way, I also made my own day pleasant.
One of my most 11 gifts throughout the whole year was letting other 12 go ahead of me in line at stores. For the sixth time, 13 standing in line at a store one day, my son told me somebody 14 us had only two things to 15 . I waved to the person to take our place in line. The few 16 minutes of wait time passed with my hardly realizing it. They were minutes passing 17 ．
Although this act of 18 didn’t deserve something surprising, it remains one of my 19 gifts of 2014—and all because I saw how my 20 to give had become part of my children’s lives as well.
A few years ago I chose a “word of the year” to practise. As I began in 2014, I looked forward to how the word “ 1 ” would shape the coming year.
I planned to give a gift each day for the 2 year. Some gifts would take time to prepare, but some of the other gifts came about more 3 ，such as helping someone cross the street. But either way, I always tried to seek a(n) 4 to serve.
Some gifts in 2014 5 reading to my next door’s kids. I 6 reading as my gift of the day. My mind is still crowded with precious 7 now.
Twice I 8 a few coins on the sidewalk for a kid to find. It may have cost a few 9 ， but I considered it a chance to 10 another person’s day. Along the way, I also made my own day pleasant.
One of my most 11 gifts throughout the whole year was letting other 12 go ahead of me in line at stores. For the sixth time, 13 standing in line at a store one day, my son told me somebody 14 us had only two things to 15 . I waved to the person to take our place in line. The few 16 minutes of wait time passed with my hardly realizing it. They were minutes passing 17 ．
Although this act of 18 didn’t deserve something surprising, it remains one of my 19 gifts of 2014—and all because I saw how my 20 to give had become part of my children’s lives as well.
| 1. A.luck | B.gift | C.health | D.money |
| 2. A.entire | B.same | C.previous | D.final |
| 3. A.formally | B.regularly | C.gradually | D.naturally |
| 4. A.job | B.routine | C.opportunity | D.excuse |
| 5. A.involved | B.suggested | C.required | D.kept |
| 6. A.turned down | B.looked on | C.took in | D.put away |
| 7. A.events | B.changes | C.motivations | D.memories |
| 8. A.abandoned | B.made | C.left | D.forgot |
| 9. A.cents | B.checks | C.books | D.goods |
| 10.A.shorten | B.brighten | C.start | D.appreciate |
| 11.A.expensive | B.available | C.expected | D.repeated |
| 12. A.friends[ | B.relatives | C.customers | D.managers |
| 13. A.while | B.once |  C.since |
D.though |
| 14. A.beyond | B.behind | C.ahead of | D.next to |
| 15. A.donate | B.serve | C.purchase | D.share |
| 16. A.necessary | B.endless | C.urgent | D.extra |
| 17. A.rapidly | B.slowly | C.casually | D.painfully |
| 18. A.uniting | B.progressing | C.receiving | D.giving |
| 19. A.extreme | B.favorite | C.strangest | D.richest |
| 20. A.ability | B.arrangement[ | C.choice | D.hesitation |
