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。
Two weeks earlier, my husband, Russ, had gotten an early-morning call telling us to move to a safer place immediately. The wildfire tearing through Northern California had spread and 1 our way.
We'd jumped in the car with our cats and a few belongings. For days, we'd 2 from hotel to hotel, desperate for news. What finally came wasn't 3. Our house had been right in the fire's path.
Now we'd been given 4 to return. I wasn't prepared for what awaited us. Our house was nothing but5. Photos and my precious collection of inspirational books — all gone, I wiped away tears as we dug through the ash (灰) and debris (残骸). How will we 6 this?
How will we go on? It felt as if our lives had been7.
Russ 8what we'd found into the car. "Let's go, "he said. I turned to get in the car. That's when I noticed something stuck to my shoe. A piece of paper, dirty with 9. I picked it up. Its edges were10, yet the words were surprisingly 11 : "If life seems difficult, I pause and12the blessing sometimes hidden within every circumstance. With new 13I begin again. "
Words that must have come from one of my books, a passage I couldn't 14 but now said everything I needed to 15. Words that rose from the ashes. I framed that scrap of paper. It now sits in a place of honor in our new home, a reminder that we can begin again.
(1)
A .
cleared
B .
headed
C .
prevented
D .
pointed
(2)
A .
begged
B .
lived
C .
asked
D .
moved
(3)
A .
good
B .
true
C .
bad
D .
false
(4)
A .
encouragement
B .
reward
C .
advice
D .
permission
(5)
A .
ruins
B .
flames
C .
dangers
D .
flowers
(6)
A .
refuse
B .
clean
C .
survive
D .
remember
(7)
A .
saved
B .
destroyed
C .
decorated
D .
enriched
(8)
A .
counted
B .
hid
C .
discovered
D .
put
(9)
A .
ashes
B .
water
C .
fire
D .
spot
(10)
A .
watered
B .
cleaned
C .
smoked
D .
folded
(11)
A .
pleasant
B .
sincere
C .
clear
D .
simple
(12)
A .
reflect on
B .
carry on
C .
put on
D .
cheer on
(13)
A .
success
B .
burden
C .
information
D .
courage
(14)
A .
analyze
B .
understand
C .
recall
D .
recite
(15)
A .
judge
B .
hear
C .
forget
D .
ignore
答案:(1)B;(2)D;(3)A;(4)D;(5)A;(6)C;(7)B;(8)D;(9)A;(10)C;(11)C;(12)A;(13)D;(14)C;(15)B;