完形填空。                                                  Don"t Let the Candle Off
     A man had a little daughter-an only and much-loved child. He lived for her-she was his whole    1  . He
was so happy to hear his girl"s voice that he hardly    2   what he would do    3   her. But unfortunately one
day, his daughter became seriously ill. He was very    4  . He tried all he could to    5   her.
     At last, his    6   proved useless and the child passed away. The father became a bitter recluse (隐士)
after that,    7   himself away from his friends and refusing every activity that might    8   him back to his
normal self. But one night he had a dream.
     He was in heaven, seeing a group of little child angels. They were dressed in white and    9   in a line
passing by the Great White Throne. Every angel    10   a candle. He noticed that all the candles were bright
except one. Then he found that the child with the    11   candle was his own little daughter.    12   to her, he
held her in his    13  , hugged her gently, and then asked,  "Why is it, darling, that your candle   14   is unlighted?"  His daughter said,  "Daddy, they often relight it, but your   15   always put it out." Just then he    16  .
     The lesson was very clear, and its    17   were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but
socialized (交际)freely and    18   with his former friends and colleagues. No longer would his darling"s
candle be put out by his    19   tears.
     We can"t avoid having a sad    20   during lifetime, but we should remember not to let our beloved
person"s candle off.

(     )1. A. heart         (     )2. A. decided       (     )3. A. without       (     )4. A. angry         (     )5. A. help           (     )6. A. efforts         (     )7. A. leaving       (     )8. A. put           (     )9. A. wandering     (     )10. A. carried       (     )11. A. little       (     )12. A. Smiling       (     )13. A. hands         (     )14. A. badly         (     )15. A. tears         (     )16. A. got up       (     )17. A. effects       (     )18. A. disappointedly (     )19. A. kind         (     )20. A. aspect

B. life       B. regretted   B. by         B. worried     B. persuade   B. words       B. changing   B. fetch       B. marching   B. picked     B. beautiful   B. Talking     B. arms       B. alone       B. dreams     B. turned around B. plans       B. gladly     B. noisy       B. spirit

C. faith     C. concluded C. through   C. calm       C. save       C. care       C. dividing   C. hold       C. speeding   C. packed     C. dark       C. Rushing   C. breast     C. instead   C. hopes     C. went back C. aims       C. excitedly C. happy     C. feeling

D. mood           D. imagined       D. over           D. satisfied     D. serve         D. strength       D. shutting       D. bring         D. travelling     D. delivered     D. bright         D. Jumping       D. face           D. above         D. complaints     D. woke up D. wishes         D. hurriedly     D. useless       D. behavior