阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20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。
It was a freezing day when I came across her at some point on my life course. She was a small woman, ______ to catch the bus at a deserted bus stop.
“Where are you going now?” the woman asked.
“Well, I don’t know. I just want to see what it will be like at the _____. You know I ______ it all. We were going to get _____ after four years’ ups and downs. And he came one day, with nothing to say, just to show me a ______ on his finger.”
The woman gave a ______ of sympathy. She seemed to well understand my pain. “Now, do you want to ______ my life story while we’re waiting for the bus?” the woman asked me in a low voice. I gave her a ______ look and nodded my head.
“Exactly thirty-five years ago, my husband took me and my three children to America. The moment we arrived, he left us _____ with a wish for good luck, to ______ his own happiness. Yet how could I ______ my three children in a strange land, with no money, no relatives and a ______ heart? Then I took the kids to the beach one afternoon. However, the kids were scared and they cried ______. Their desperation suddenly woke me up from a long nightmare. How ______ I was!”
She continued, “I hugged them tightly, feeling a sudden strength ______ me. Then, I did all the things that brought me ______ a penny. Days in, days out, we ______ each other to gather enough encouragement to go ahead. My kids grew up into good, responsible citizens. Later, I found a man with the same pain. I feel _____ has paid me off.”
The woman stopped for a while. She ______ my eyes and whispered in my ears, “Now stand up, little girl. Don’t go to the terminal because there’s nothing to see. Why don’t you get cheered up and enjoy the ______ on the way?”

A．pretending B．designing C．waiting D．trying

A．stop B．road C．place D．terminal

A．lost B．made C．abandoned D．ruined

A．paid B．married C．promoted D．deserted

A．flower B．gift C．ring D．necklace

A．sigh B．whistle C．reply D．touch

A．tell B．hear C．cover D．make

A．blank B．cold C．innocent D．fresh

A．out B．off C．over D．behind

A．rescue B．seek C．share D．own

A．shelter B．educate C．command D．attend

A．delighted B．frightened C．torn D．excited

A．deliberately B．wildly C．causally D．occasionally

A．curious B．proud C．brave D．selfish

A．inside B．alongside C．beneath D．over

A．also B．almost C．even D．still

A．fought against B．argued with C．depended on D．complained to

A．life B．career C．friendship D．money

A．glared at B．looked into C．searched for D．saw through

A．conversation B．vehicle C．scenery D．love