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。
The auction(拍卖)took
place on a mild morning. 1 ,
standing in front of an expectant 2 with a sign with his pig's picture,
15-year-old Wayion Klitzman was sweating.
Waylon called his pig
"Roo". The farm boy hoped the money from Roo's 3 would help with cancer research.
It started with a 4 .
In August 2017, Wayion 5 9th grade and in those first weeks of school,
Wayion 6his algebra teacher, Kim Katzenmeyer, for
support. Their special 7 grew over the last school year. "She saw
the 8 in
me and we just connected that way," said Wayion.
Then Katzenmeyer's niece was
diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that mostly 9children.
After months of watching her niece receive cancer treatments, Katzcnmcyer 10her
teaching job to volunteer full time at the cancer research charity, Beat NB.
Katzenmeyer meant a lot to
Wayion and he just wanted to 11 .
Then he had an 12to auction his pig to 13 money for the cancer charity. So before the
auction day, Wayion sent letters to people explaining his 14 to sell his pig and donate the profits to Beat
NB. The letter 15 his beloved teacher whose niece was battling
cancer.
The auction turned out to be
particularly 16 .
Buyers kept 17 Way Ion's pig so he could sell it over and
over. Wayion had thought that, with luck, his pig would bring in 18 over $ 600. In the end, Roo fetched more than
$ 10,000 for Beat NB.
"We give back to the
community 19 we
can. We are blessed to be able to be doing what we do," said one of the
buyers with a 20 of
pride.
(1)
A .
Therefore
B .
Otherwise
C .
Yet
D .
Besides
(2)
A .
staff
B .
crowd
C .
niece
D .
seller
(3)
A .
sale
B .
performance
C .
show
D .
action
(4)
A .
boy
B .
teacher
C .
doctor
D .
farmer
(5)
A .
completed
B .
continued
C .
began
D .
skipped
(6)
A .
relied on
B .
picked up
C .
devoted to
D .
came across
(7)
A .
favor
B .
response
C .
touch
D .
bond
(8)
A .
first
B .
least
C .
best
D .
worst
(9)
A .
affects
B .
owes
C .
follows
D .
faces
(10)
A .
held
B .
quit
C .
started
D .
found
(11)
A .
interrupt
B .
change
C .
stop
D .
help
(12)
A .
offer
B .
appeal
C .
idea
D .
effort
(13)
A .
demand
B .
convey
C .
store
D .
raise
(14)
A .
request
B .
desire
C .
promise
D .
approval
(15)
A .
described
B .
reminded
C .
informed
D .
ignored
(16)
A .
attractive
B .
acceptable
C .
appropriate
D .
successful
(17)
A .
feeding
B .
returning
C .
admiring
D .
introducing
(18)
A .
even
B .
still
C .
just
D .
exactly
(19)
A .
unless
B .
because
C .
once
D .
wherever
(20)
A .
sense
B .
thought
C .
mind
D .
state
答案:(1)C;(2)B;(3)A;(4)B;(5)C;(6)A;(7)D;(8)C;(9)A;(10)B;(11)D;(12)C;(13)D;(14)B;(15)A;(16)D;(17)B;(18)C;(19)D;(20)A;