完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That Christmas Eve, the streets of Boston were crowded with tourists and locals in various clothes. It seemed that everyone was accompanied by someone else laughing. ________ , I was alone.
My ________ was in Puerto Rico. My family and friends had gone home during their holiday break. Dusk was falling, and the inevitable (不可避免的) ________ to my empty apartment brought tears to my eyes. I ________ someone would come out of their homes to ask me inside to a ________ room with a Christmas tree decorated with presents.
I stopped at the local market, feeling even more ________  as people filled their baskets with goodies, which ________me of the gifts we received as children in Puerto Rico on Christmas Day. I ________ my family parties: the dancing. Thinking of this, I wanted to ________ for being alone.
In front of the church down the  ________, a manger (马槽) had been set up, with Mary, Joseph, and the barn (畜棚) animals in expectation of the ________  of baby Jesus in the midnight. I stood with my neighbors watching the  ________. As I walked home, I realized that the  ________  of Joseph and Mary wandering from door to door seeking shelter was much like my own history. ________ Puerto Rico was still a wound in my heart as I ________ with what I had become in 15 years in the United States. I’d regretted the losses, but I ________ for the first time and recognized what I’d gained. I was independent, educated, healthy, and adventurous. My life was ________  before me, full of possibility.
Sometimes the best gift is the one you  ________yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself credit for what I’d ________ so far and permission to go forward, unafraid. It is the best ________ I’ve ever received, the one that I most treasure.

A．Once B．However C．Besides D．Therefore

A．destination B．dream C．office D．hometown

A．return B．adaption C．attraction D．invitation

A．lied B．thought C．wished D．believed

A．close B．noisy C．splendid D．warm

A．pleased B．depressed C．amazed D．moved

A．reminded B．informed C．told D．excused

A．organized B．attended C．missed D．enjoyed

A．complain B．cry C．hope D．look

A．street B．market C．room D．apartment

A．recovery B．treatment C．arrival D．celebration

A．program B．growth C．film D．scene

A．love B．kindness C．story D．shadow

A．Leaving B．Seeing C．Visiting D．Blaming

A．lived B．fought C．agreed D．struggled

A．desired B．wanted C．gained D．lost

A．still B．already C．never D．even

A．press B．give C．attract D．imagine

A．planned B．valued C．shared D．accomplished

A．lesson B．thank C．gift D．letter