阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I am a single mom and have a child. Knowing that I could not ___41___ to get him anything at all for his birthday had broken my heart. ___42__, I decided to post a(n) ___43__ on wishuponahero. com for people to ___44__ my son birthday cards . I knew he loved to __45___ the mailbox and always asked if there was anything for him. I __46____ that if he could get a few cards, it would make him smile and maybe, just maybe, he wouldn’t be so __47__ that I wasn’t able to get him anything.
The cards just started ___48___ in and my little child was absolutely ___49___. Every day more and more cards came and this went ____50___ for about three weeks. The smile on his face and the sparkle in his eyes brought me to ____51___.
Then. he started  thinking about Christmas and he ___ 52____ knew that there really would not be much under the ___53____ for him due to my finances, but it didn’t seem to __54_____ to him. All he talked about was how much he wanted to make other children ____55___ So he decided that what he wanted to do was to earn money to buy Christmas cards and send them to other children from ___56_ ___ families. My son went out daily and walked some dogs and such to make money. Not only did he make the money to buy, the cards, but he also made enough money to buy all the stamps and lollipops(棒棒糖)to put in the ____57___. He sent out about 100 cards. Doing this ___58____ him that same smile and sparkle in his eyes as did the birthday cards that he received. I was so ____59___ of him.
My son and wishuponahero. com have given me renewed ___60____ that there are still people in this world that care about others.
【1】. A. agree   B. pretend  C. expect   D. afford
【2】. A. Instead   B. However   C. So    D. Besides
【3】.  A. letter   B. wish      C. job       D. advertisement
【4】. A. show   B. sell       C. design    D. send
【5】. A. check    B. produce   C. address    D. receive
【6】. A. explained  B. thought  C. regretted   D. promised
【7】. A. angry    B. curious   C. upset      D. lucky
【8】. A. breaking   B. happening   C. pouring   D. improving
【9】A. excited      B. troubled    C. disappointed D. worried
【10】. A. away    B. off     C. up    D. on
【11】. A. surprise  B. difficulty   C. respect    D. tears
【12】. A. already   B. still     C. even    D. never
【13】. A. control    B. gifts     C. tree     D. help
【14】. A. matter     B. object    C. belong   D. refer
【15】. A. understand   B. change   C. continue   D. smile
【16】. A. ordinary  B. poor   C. familiar   D. distant
【17】. A. mailbox  B. house   C. cards    D. stamps
【18】. A. saved   B. brought   C. owed    D. taught
【19】. A. proud    B. aware    C. careful   D. full
【20】. A. excuse   B. suggestion   C. fact      D. hope
【答案】
【1】D
【2】C
【3】B
【4】D
【5】A  
【6】B
【7】C
【8】C
【9】A
【10】D 
【11】D
【12】A
【13】C
【14】A
【15】D 
【16】B
【17】C
【18】B
【19】A
【20】D