It was 1933. Our only income was what Mother could make by doing dressmaking for others.
Then Mother was   1   for a few weeks and unable to work. The electric company cut off the power    2   we couldn't pay the bill. Then the gas company cut off the gas. The cupboard got very bare.    3    ,we had vegetable garden and were able to cook some of its   4   in a campfire in the backyard.
  Then one day my younger sister came tripping    5    from school, saying: "We're supposed to    6    something to school tomorrow to give to the poor.
  Mother started to blurt out, "I don't know of anyone who is    7   poorer than we are," when her mother，who was living with us at the time，shushed("嘘") her with hand on her arm and   8    .
 “Eva,” she said, “if you give that child the idea that she is one of the poor folks   9    her age, she will be one of the poor folks for the rest of her    10   . There is one jar of that homemade jelly   11   . She can take that.”
 Grandmother   12   our last jar of jelly with some tissue paper and a little bit of pink ribbon,  and Sis tripped to school the next day    13    carrying her “gift to the poor”.
     And,    14    if there was a problem in the community, Sis just naturally assumed that she was  supposed to be part of the   15   .
1.A. absent          B. sick        C. upset       D. dangerous
2.A.until            B. before         C. when       D. if
3.A.Therefore       B. Eventually      C. Undoubtedly    D. Fortunately
4.A.produce        B. goods       C. food        D. meals
5.A.garden         B. homework      C. home       D. dress
6.A.sell            B. transport       C. buy         D. take
7.A.many           B. any        C. much        D. a few
8.A.nod            B. kiss        C. frown       D. bite
9.A. despite         B. for        C. at       D. in
10. A. life            B. school        C. childhood      D. adolescence
11.A.belonged        B. left       C. occupied        D. possessed
12.A. provided       B. filled         C. purchased        D. wrapped
13. A. desperately    B. proudly       C. hurriedly     D. unwillingly
14.A.as ever          B. ever before       C. ever after     D. for ever
15.A.solution         B. community        C. society        D. world

B: 1-5 BCDAC 6-10 DBCCA 11-15 BDBCA