阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she was a teenager, arrived, she __1__ of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American __2__ was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a __3__ in mind:Daddy watching TV in the living-room. Mummy __4__ cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend.
1.A.learned B.spoke
C.dreamed D.heard
2.A.way B.life C.education D.spirit
3.A.photo B.painting
C.picture D.drawing
4.A.baking B.frying
C.steaming D.boiling
Atsuko __5__ to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her __6__world. "People were struggling with problems and often seemed __7__," she said. "I felt very alone."
5.A.hoped B.arranged
C. liked D.attempted
6.A.described B. imagined
C.created D.discovered
7.A.tense B.cheerful
C.relaxed D.deserted
One of the hardest __8__ was physical education. "We played volleyball," she said. "The other students were __9__ it, but I wasn't."
8.A.times B.questions
C.classes D.projects
9.A.curious about B.good at
C.slow at D.nervous about
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to __10__ the ball to her teammates so they could knock it __11__ the net. No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face __12__ she failed.
10.A.kick B.pass C.carry D.hit
11.A.through B.into C.over D.past
12.A.after B.if C.because D.until
A young man on her team __13__ what she was going through. "He walked up to me and __14__, 'Come on. You can do that.'"
13.A.believed B.considered
C.wondered D.sensed
14.A.warned B.sighed
C.ordered D.whispered
"You will never understand how those words of __15__ made me feel... Four words: You can do that. I felt like crying with happiness."
She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not __16__ .
15.A.excitementB.encouragement C.persuasion D.suggestion
16.A.interested B.doubtful
C.puzzled D.sure
Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. "I have __17__ forgotten the words," she said. "When things are not going so well, I think of them."
17.A.never B.already C.seldom D.almost
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness __18__ to her. "He probably doesn't even remember it." she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person―cruel or kind―you have no idea how long the words will __19__. She is all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four __20__ words: You can do that.
18.A.happened B.applied
C.seemed D.meant
19.A.continue B.stay C.exist D.live
20.A.merciful B.bitter
C.simple D.easy
,
