完形填空 Love in a Box When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment.On a Friday night I __ 1 __at the dinner table, 'My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our Valentines (情人节) on Monday.' Mother said, 'We'll see', and she continued eating. What did 'We'll see' mean?I had to have that box__ 2 __my second grade Valentine's Day would be a disaster.Maybe they didn't love me enough to help me with my__ 3 __. All Saturday I waited__ 4 __and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I__ 5 __an enquiry about the box might__ 6 __anger or loud voice, for in my house children only ask once.More than that __ 7 __trouble. Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen.The table was covered with colorful __ 8 __of different kinds.A(n)__ 9 __shoebox rested on top of it.__ 10 __flooded through me when Daddy said, 'Let's get started__ 11 __your project.' In the next hour my father__ 12 __the shoebox into an impressive valentine box.Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts__ 13 __to what I considered all the right places.He sang while he worke d.When he finished, he was so delighted that a__ 14 __smile spread over his face.'What do you think of that?' he asked. I answered him with a hug. But inside, __ 15 __danced all the way to my heart.It was the first time that my father devoted so much__ 16 __to me, for his world consisted of work only. The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time__ 17 __. On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to__ 18 __.The love that filled it meant more to me than all inside. The valentine box became a symbol of his love that__ 19 __through decades of other Valentine's Days.He gave me other gifts through the years, but none__ 20 __compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox. (     )1. A. announced (     )2. A. and (     )3. A. design (     )4. A. sadly (     )5. A. found (     )6. A. start (     )7. A. invited (     )8. A. boxes (     )9. A. new (     )10. A. Relaxation (     )11. A. by (     )12. A. folded (     )13. A. joined (     )14. A. slight (     )15. A. joy (     )16. A. money (     )17. A. reached (     )18. A. accept (     )19. A. carried (     )20. A. ever B. appeared B. however B. plan B. anxiously B. realized B. cause B. took B. gifts B. big B. Relief B. at B. packed B. attached B. brief B. fun B. time B. set B. respect B. kept B. even C. served C. or C. idea C. disappointedly C. knew C. mark C. saved C. paper C. attractive C. Cheer C. in C. changed C. linked C. broad C. interest C. support C. spent C. admire C. spread C. yet D. sat D. so D. project D. patiently D. imagined D. produce D. had D. food D. empty D. Calm D. on D. pressed D. connected D. confident D. amusement D. hope D. came D. recognize D. lasted D. still