第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分）
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21 – 40 各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
The Best Holiday
I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter. Emily  21  to buy a mountain bike. she’d been saving her pocket money all year,  22  doing small jobs to earn extra money.
By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “ You  23  have your pick from my bicycle  24 .” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would   25  choose.
As Christmas  26  near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she  27  a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy ?” she asked.  “Sorry, Em , I’m out of  28 .”
Throughout December, Emily continued to   29  hard. Then one day, she made a  30  announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving ?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $ 58 to a volunteer who was really very 31 .
32  by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute  33 of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children.     34   I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow(发光). Should I  contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t  35  the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later  36  the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very  37  , sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re   38   away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”
Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the  39   ? I like to think it was God’s way of  40  a little girl for a sacrifice beyond her years--- while giving her dad a lesson in the process.
21.  A. promised         B. amazed                   C. determined              D. organized
22.  A.as well as       B. in addition            C. because of          D. except for
23.  A. need                B. should                     C. must              D. can
24.  A. Collection     B. contribution            C. shop               D. club
25.  A. seldom            B. likely                      C. slightly                    D. merely
26.  A. drew               B. became                   C. went                       D. pulled
27.  A. observed          B. sensed                     C. watched                   D. noticed
28.  A.charge             B. change                   C. control                    D. order
29.  A.study          B.try                          C. listen                   D. work
30. A.disappointing    B. surprising                C. formal                     D. public
31.  A. agreeable         B. hopeful                   C. thankful                  D. pitiful
32.  A. Moved             B. Shocked                  C. Persuaded                D. Demanded
33.  A. one                 B. some                       C. two                         D. any
34.  A. While              B. When                      C. Because                   D. Though
35.  A. express            B. describe                  C. explain                    D. shake
36.  A. returned           B. delivered                 C. chose                      D. shared
37.  A. sweet               B. healthy                    C. happy                      D. fair
38.  A. putting            B. giving                     C. storing                    D. signing
39.  A. present            B. harvest                    C. winner                    D. chance
40.  A. greeting           B. praising                   C. sheltering                D. Rewarding