6.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the（1）_______or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a（2）_______Christmas after all. （3）_______，the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle（陆续临） in.
There was a（4）_______on the door one evening. It was Jeff's new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to（5）_______us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a（6）_______on the porch（门廊）. Apparently the doorbell wasn't working in the cold snowy weather and we had（7）_______a visit from the Browns, our acrossthestreet neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.
The（8）_______feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.
As Jeff and I were clearing preChristmas（9）_______from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to（10）_______us to dig out.
Then, we received an invitation to（11）_______a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their（12）_______—a 90yearold lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.
Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our（13）_______. Our Christmas morning （14）_______was special, thanks to the Smiths' gift of bread. I was so（15）_______for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.
This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The（16）_______and work schedules just made things too difficult.（17）_______that sense of Christmas isolation（孤立）all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were（18）_______in the holidays.
Lonely people are all around us, but most of us（19）_______notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest（20）_______gesture can make a world of difference.
（1）A. chance B. anxiety C. time D．ability
（2）A. lonely B. free C. merry D. usual
（3）A. Therefore B. However C. Somehow D. Meanwhile
（4）A. sign B. knock C. card D. note
（5）A. invite B. welcome C. drive D. send
（6）A. tree B. flower C. mail D. package
（7）A. forgot B. missed C. arranged D. received
（8）A. warm B. deep C. true D. mixed
（9）A. rubbish B. snow C. dust D. leaves
（10）A. teach B. urge C. help D. forbid
（11）A. prepare B. share C. taste D. exchange
（12）A. guest B. aunt C. maid D. partner
（13）A. folks B. relatives C. neighbors D. colleagues
（14）A. call B. greeting C. meeting D. breakfast
（15）A. sorry B. eager C. grateful D. ready
（16）A. season B. expense C. distance D. situation
（17）A. Knowing B. Showing C. Studying D. Discovering
（18）A. happy B. busy C. alone D. active
（19）A. always B. usually C. finally D. seldom
（20）A. careful B. kind C. pretty D. patient
（1）-（5）CABBB
（6）-（10）DBABC
（11）-（15）BACDC
（16）-（20）CACDB
在去年圣诞节前作者和丈夫杰夫搬进了新家。由于时间的匆忙并且在新的地方，举目无亲，所以他们没有准备过圣诞节。但是，出乎意料的是邻居们陆续前来，有的拿来了自制的面包，有的送来了圣诞贺卡，作者一家深受感动，他们决定在今年的圣诞节也去把温暖带给那些孤独的人们。
（1）A.机会；B.渴望；C.时间；D.能力。根据上文 My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. 可知他们在圣诞节前刚搬进新家，因而没时间和精力去筹备圣诞节，故选C。
（2）A.孤独的；B.自由的；C.快乐的；D.通常的。根据文章倒数第二段 This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas...that sense of Christmas isolation（孤立）all too well, 可以判断作者刚搬到新地方的时候是打算孤独地去过圣诞节的，故选A。
（3）A.因此；B.然而；C.反正；D.同时。根据上下文 the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle（陆续临）in. 原本认为它将是一个孤独的圣诞节，然而却收到邻居的邀请，前后内容有转折关系，故选B。
（4）A.标志；B.敲击；C.卡片；D.笔记。根据下文可知邻居来了，而且由 Apparently the doorbell wasn't working in the cold snowy weather...知道门铃坏了，所以别人只能敲门，故选B。
（5）A.邀请；B.欢迎；C.驾驶；D.寄送。从语境可知杰夫的同事送了家做的面包作为对我们来这里的欢迎，故选B。
（6）A.树；B.花；C.邮件；D.包裹。从下文 who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies. 可知邻居布朗一家给我们送了糕点，贺卡等，由此推测应该是用包裹包好的。故选D。
（7）A.忘记；B.错过；C.安排；D.收到。因为包裹放在了门廊里，而且从上文可知门铃坏了，由此推断他们没能见到送礼物的布朗一家，所以此处指我们错过了一次邻居的来访。故选B。
（8）A.温暖的；B.深的；C.真实的；D.混合的。在上文中邻居和同事带了贺卡、甜饼和面包，从情理可知作者对此非常感动，感到了他们所带来的温暖，而且这种温暖的感觉比实物持续的时间更长，故选A。
（9）A.垃圾；B.雪；C.灰尘；D.树叶。从上文 Apparently the doorbell wasn't working in the cold snowy weather... 可知当时是下雪天，由此判断作者和丈夫正清扫车道上的积雪，故选B。
（10）A.教；B.敦促；C.帮助；D.禁止。根据语境可知隔壁的邻居看到他们在扫雪，也过来帮忙，故选C。
（11）A.准备；B.分享，分担；C.品尝；D.交换。从句意可知我们收到一个邀请去和邻居们共进圣诞晚餐，应该用 share “分享”，故选B。
（12）A.客人；B.阿姨；C.少女；D.伙伴。根据下文 who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday. 可知这位老人也是没有家人在这个地方的，所以也是客人，故选A。
（13）A.人民；B.亲戚；C.邻居；D.同事。从上文 a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors 可知他们是和邻居一起共进晚餐，所以他们对邻居心怀感激，故选C。
（14）A.电话；B.问候；C.会见；D