完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选顶(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was eight, a gentleman came to my orphanage (孤儿院) and taught us how to do working projects.

I remember my first project — a small   1  .I was so   2   of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a wonder. It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to   3   it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a   4  . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always   5   with us.

As the table was not dry from the coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking it to our donnitory. But I was just so  6   and happy that I couldn't wait. I 7  out like a flash, carrying the table, smiling from car to car.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was   8   it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand _ 9 it, she noticed that it was still wet.

"Were you 10  to bring this home?" she asked.

"No, ma'am," I 11   with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was 12   stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet and never  13   it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent, thinking that she would   14   it away.

Thirty years laser at a reunion, I  15   that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to 16 , she asked me to come down to her  basement to get something important. I followed her.  17  into a dark comer. She picked something up.18 _ she turned around, I could sec that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of  19  to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to   20  .

1. A. bed        B. door          C. table         D. coat

2. A. tired      B. ashamed       C. aware         D. proud

3. A. design     B. invent        C. complete      D. paint

4. A. gift       B. reward        C. fee           D. souvenir

5. A. satisfied  B. strict        C. patient       D. angry

6. A. lucky      B. confident     C. amazed        D. excited

7. A. called     13. gave         C. looked        D. rushed

8. A. washing    B. observing     C. admiring      D. repairing

9. A. into       B. across        C. above         D. after

10. A. supposed   13. embarrassed  C. encouraged    D. persuaded

11. A. agreed     B. sighed        C. whispered     D. argued

12. A. dirt       B. glue          C. paint         D. paper

13. A. considered 13. touched      C. shook         D. split

14. A. put        B. drive         C. take          D. throw

15. A. learned    B. expected      C. remembered    D. recommended

16. A. move       B. laugh         C. leave         D. shout

17. A. curiously  B. silently      C. doubtfully    D. worriedly

18. A. Before     B. Since         C. As            D. Until

19. A. hopes      B. thanks        C. sympathy      D. regret

20. A. adapt     B. study   C. perform D. please

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