阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的从四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
She was a five-year-old girl with very fine golden hair when I first met her. She was carrying a bowl of _36_. I was 29 at that time and suffering from the flu.
Her mom and I had been friends for years._37 that friendship grew into care, from care into   _38_ and marriage. Marriage brought the three of us together as a _39_. At first I was afraid to be a “stepfather”. Therefore, I tried not to come _40_ my future daughter and her   41   father. I acted in that way in order to be liked. However,   42   she was growing up, I found it increasingly hard to   43   with her.
Once her school required the parents to individually write an open and   44   letter to our children. I wrote a letter about a little golden-haired girl who had   45   me a bowl of soup when I needed   46  .
A week later, all the parents 47   together with our children. The students were allowed to make a few statements. I was   48   to hear what my daughter would say.
Finally my daughter   49   make her way up to the microphone. She said something like others and then  50 , “At this very moment, I just want to say …I love you, Father.”
Immediately people around me started   51   at me. For a teenage girl to say  52   in front of so many people, “I love you,” took a great deal of courage.
Since then I have   53   to understand I didn’t need to have any   54   about being a stepfather. I can still   55   honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before － carrying a bowl full of what turned out to be kindness. I can also be friends with the girl － my dear daughter.
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A．water B．soup C．milk D．juice

A．Immediately B．Finally C．Especially D．Generally

A．like B．pleasure C．excitement D．love

A．union B．group C．family D．whole

A．between B．among C．from D．for

A．natural B．following C．untrue D．old

A．after B．as C．with D．before

A．connect B．share C．communicate D．argue

A．honest B．formal C．powerful D．responsible

A．taken B．shown C．shared D．brought

A．cure B．care C．help D．friend

A．presented B．invited C．gathered D．asked

A．glad B．hopeful C．serious D．anxious

A．determinedly B．independently C．patiently D．unexpectedly

A．lasted B．declared C．continued D．responded

A．hugging B．smiling C．kissing D．celebrating

A．quietly B．openly C．brightly D．attractively

A．used B．stepped C．desired D．come

A．courage B．fear C．happiness D．idea

A．exchange B．send C．expect D．fall