完形填空 Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless,  a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn't working that summer and was __ 1 __ only two classes in summer school, so I had some __ 2 __ time. Three nights a week, I __ 3 __ in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and __ 4 __ for 45 people hot meals __ 5 __ vegetables, chicken,  fish and fruit. The homeless people __ 6 __ this good food because many of them usually didn't eat well. I __ 7 __ this volunteer work, making __ 8 __ with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife,  one a movie actor,  another a young teacher,  and the other a college student, __ 9 __ me. I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories __ 10 __ me with sympathy. Some of them had __ 11 __ with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad __ 12 __. One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company,  and __ 23 __ she lost her job. She wanted to look for a __ 14 __ job, but couldn't find one, for she was too __ 15 __. She could do nothing but sell her furniture-sofas, chairs, and tables __ 16 __ she could pay for her food. The woman __ 17 __ on job hunting, but she __ 18 __ couldn't find one. She had no money for her __ 19 __ and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, __ 20 __, and homeless, she finally came to the shelter. (     )1. A. studying (     )2. A. short (     )3. A. helped (     )4. A. ordered (     )5. A. with (     )6. A. appealed (     )7. A. wanted (     )8. A. decisions (     )9. A. as (     )10. A. struck (     )11. A. habits (     )12. A. luck (     )13. A. so (     )14. A. challenging (     )15. A. old (     )16. A. for fear (     )17. A. went (     )18. A. partly (     )19. A. block (     )20. A. afraid B. planning B. free B. raised B. bought B. from B. required B. had B. wishes B. like B. filled B. hardships B. pain B. again B. delicate B. poor B. now that B. moved B. still B. cottage B. unbearable C. holding C. extra C. appeared C. cooked C. beyond C. collected C. owned C. friends C. except C. deposited C. difficulties C. experience C. then C. skilled C. sick C. so that C. came C. almost C. building C. dull D. taking D. long D. washed D. accomplished D. along D. requested D. enjoyed D. amateurs D. besides D. provided D. problems D. loss D. thus D. new D. dishonest D. in case D. worked D. extremely D. flat D. awkward