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36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Yes, I’ll be ready at nine. Goodbye, dear, and thanks again.” Mrs. Robinson replaced the   36   and crossed the hall into the   37  . It had not been an easy telephone call for her to make. Her daughter had been very kind,   38  , and had immediately agreed to   39   her up, but Mrs. Robinson   40   to admit that she needed help. Since her   41   passed away ten years ago, she had prided herself upon her ___42  . She had   43   to live in their little house alone and had refused to go and live with her daughter.
But on this evening, she was standing at her living-room window,   44   out at the “SOLD” notice in the small front garden. Her feeling were   45  . Naturally she was             46   at the thought of leaving here, as it was full of so many   47  .
But at the same time she was looking forward to spending her last   48   near the
sea, __49   in the little sea town where she was born. With the   50   from the sale of the house, she had bought a little flat there.
Her husband had always been very   51   this house. She hadn’t been   52__ here, but it didn’t mean as much to her as it had to him.   53   most of the people who lived in the street had   54   away, and it was this that had made her decide to sell it.
Next morning Mrs. Robinson   55   the house for the station in her daughter’s car.

A．book B．data C．receiver D．door

A．bedroom B．dining-room C．garden D．living-room

A．however B．of course C．therefore D．specially

A．pick B．bring C．cheer D．warm

A．liked B．hated C．tended D．pretended

A．lawyer B．friend C．daughter D．husband

A．independence B．future C．talent D．ideal

A．moved B．hoped C．continued D．dreamed

A．sticking B．staring C．reaching D．pulling

A．blamed B．excited C．embarrassed D．mixed

A．sad B．hard C．pleased D．delighted

A．pets B．folks C．descriptions D．memories

A．lives B．years C．wealth D．treasure

A．down B．up C．back D．away

A．insurance B．allowance C．reward D．money

A．fond of B．busy in C．afraid of D．interested in

A．funny B．lucky C．happy D．unhappy

A．Soon B．Shortly C．Recently D．Immediately

A．fled B．moved C．turned D．traveled

A．sold B．returned C．left D．locked