二. 完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

I grew up in a small town in Ohio, USA. There was a man in my town named Bob. He couldn’t talk clearly and didn’t receive much   1  . So children in the town all thought he was   2   and often played jokes on him. 【0

One day, when I met Bob, I decided to play a joke on him just   3   the other children. He asked how I was doing. I told him that my father lost his   4  , and that we didn’t have enough money to live. Seeing my friends laughing far from us, I decided to   5   to tell lies (谎言). I knew he was poor,   6   it seemed funny when he asked me if we needed anything. I told him that we didn’t know if we would have enough to   7  . 01

The next morning, I went out and found a box of food outside my house. I knew it was from Bob. I looked at the small box in shame, and wanted to   8   the box. My father stopped    9  . He said it would hurt Bob’s feelings.04

From that day on, when we had dinner, I would   10   the small box. Bob gave me the best he had, and I knew that I should not have been given that gift.

(  )1. A. information         B. service           C. money        D. education

(  )2. A. silly                      B. shy              C. dirty            D. lazy

(  )3 A. by                         B. of               C. for                  D. like

(  )4. A. friend                    B. keys             C. job                  D. letters

(  )5. A. start               B. continue          C. forget            D. agree

(  )6. A. although               B. because             C. until              D. so

(  )7. A. eat                        B. pay                  C. choose        D. wear

(  )8. A. hide                     B. return                C. check         D. fold

(  )9. A. her                       B. me                    C. him                D. it

(  )10. A. deal with              B. look forward to     C. think of         D. take pride in