完形填空。      Ella is my best friend and we are neighbors. She was, at one time,a(n)     1   person. She was busy all
the time. She taught in a school for a time, worked    2   in local politics to discuss environmental policies in
her area,and volunteered in many other places.
     I remember a time when Ella took out her wallet and wrote a check for a woman who had no rent
money and was     3    getting kicked out of the house. When I was    4    my most painful times, Ella was
     5    there beside me.
      Then some time later,Ella had an accident that    6   major brain injury. She then unluckily    7    her
career and most of her abilities to care for    8    herself. Despite the severe (严重的)      9   , Ella has been
able to live     10   11 years. But her condition is     11    by diabetes (糖尿病), which has been with her
since youth. She has been     12   with the situation and is in her sixties now.
     I received a call the other day,telling me that    13   Ella must now have an operation on one leg. She
doesn"t    14   from her old illness. This situation has been caused by foot sores (疮) that have    15   her a
lot for the last 3 to 4 years. Her sister is living in the house with her,as well as both of their husbands.   16 ,
age and medical problems make it very    17   for the four of them to manage.
     I      18    a train ticket last night to go to her home.I will be there soon.I"m sure I will be   19   to them
during this very hard time. I really enjoy doing small acts of   20  . If I can make a difference to somebody"s
life,my work is done.

(     )1. A. funny             (     )2. A. enthusiastically (     )3. A. in control of     (     )4. A. putting forward   (     )5. A. never             (     )6. A. put off           (     )7. A.lost               (     )8. A. ever             (     )9. A. pain             (     )10. A. healthy         (     )11. A. replaced         (     )12. A. starting         (     )13. A. unfortunately   (     )14. A. break           (     )15. A. confused         (     )16. A. After all       (     )17. A. difficult       (     )18. A. booked           (     )19. A. patient         (     )20. A. customs

B. active         B. completely     B. aware of       B. giving up     B. right         B. came from     B. enjoyed       B. even           B. stomach       B. additional     B. affected       B. studying       B. obviously     B. benefit       B. troubled       B. However       B. easy           B. missed         B. great         B. panic

C. lonely         C. carefully       C. regardless of   C. going through   C. seldom         C. turned out     C. gained         C. still           C. headache       C. unhappy         C. simplified     C. struggling     C. suddenly       C. suffer         C. pleased         C. So far         C. comfortable     C.left             C. ready           C. kindness

D. strange           D. hard               D.in danger of       D. looking through   D. nearly             D. resulted in       D. continued         D. thus               D. stroke             D. quick             D. suggested         D. talking           D. unreasonably       D. heal               D. relaxed           D. Therefore         D. careful           D. considered         D. helpful           D. manners