完形填空 I first met her on the beach near where I live. I drive to this beach a__ 1 __of three or four miles, whenever I'm feeling down. At that time she was__ 2 __something. Looking__ 3 __, she said, 'Hello. ' I nodded, not wanting to__ 4 __with a small child. 'I'm Wendy and I'm building something, ' she said. 'I see. But what is it? ' I asked, not__ 5 __. 'I don't know. I just like the__ 6 __of sand. ' A sandpiper (鸟) flew by. 'That's a__ 7 __. Mum says sandpipers come to bring us joy. ' 'Goodbye, joy, '  I thought to myself, 'hello, __ 8 __. ' and  walked  away. My  life  then  seemed completely out of__ 9 __. 'Come again, ' she called, 'and have another__ 10 __day. ' But the days and weeks that followed__ 11 __to other people:naughty boys and a__ 12 __mother. One morning I suddenly realized I needed my__ 13 __and headed for the beach. The breeze was cool, but I walked along, trying to recapture (捕捉) the inner peace I needed. I had almost__ 14 __the child so I was surprised when she appeared. '__ 15 __do you live? ' I asked. She pointed toward a summer cottage. Then one day, I rushed to my beach in great pain, even in no__ 16 __to greet the girl. 'If you don't mind, ' I said coldly, 'I'd rather be__ 17 __today. ' She seemed unusually__ 18 __ and out of breath. 'Why? ' she asked. 'My mother died!' 'Did it hurt when she died? ' 'Of course it hurt!' I shouted, misunderstanding her. When I next went to the beach, she wasn't there. Feeling__ 19 __, and admitting I__ 20 __her, I went up to the cottage. A woman answered the door. 'Wendy, my daughter, died last week. She had leukemia (白血病). Maybe she didn't tell you. ' (     )1. A. length (     )2. A. observing (     )3. A. up (     )4. A. work (     )5. A. caring (     )6. A. feel (     )7. A. sorrow (     )8. A. comfort (     )9. A. balance (     )10. A. sad (     )11. A. added (     )12. A. kind (     )13. A. party (     )14. A. searched (     )15. A. How (     )16. A. mood (     )17. A. alone (     )18. A. happy (     )19. A. sorry (     )20. A. cheated B. distance B. drawing B. out B. play B. seeing B. sense B. joy B. pleasure B. sight B. happy B. led B. poor B. sandpiper B. known B. What B. time B. lonely B. pale B. excited B. lost C. space C. building C. down C. say C. wanting C. smell C. pity C. kindness C. mind C. busy C. belonged C. lonely C. chance C. noticed C. Where C. way C. unique C. good C. cold C. troubled D. reach D. collecting D. over D. talk D. worrying D. comfort D. lie D. pain D. range D. fine D. related D. sick D. holiday D. forgotten D. Which D. place D. special D. powerful D. puzzled D. missed