阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Bert Manson, 82, slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt ____. The time was nothing to him. He had nothing to do all day. He lay on the bed, ________ to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.
After a while, Bert ______ got out of bed and asked himself the same questions as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he _______? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would ______?”he spoke quietly.
After Bert’s wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit once a week. But the last time was months ago. On the phone, they always had a(n) ________: too busy at work; the children are _______; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have any time…except for Bert. He ________ his granddaughters. He loved it when Mandy and Ruth came to visit. They brought him candy and _______.
He walked to a chair near the bedroom door ________. He rested for a moment before continuing in small steps to the bathroom.
A. pleased       B. sad            C. surprised
A. listening     B. pointing       C. shouting
A. happily       B. quickly        C. carefully
A. hide          B. wait           C. follow
A. care          B. decide         C. forget
A. chance        B. accident       C. reason
A. excited       B. perfect        C. sick
A. introduced    B. missed         C. refused
A. hope          B. trouble        C. fear
A. in time      B. in pain        C. in person