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。
The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition (过渡期) for me. ___1___ is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and ___2___ thought about going home.
1. A. If B. So C. As D. What
2. A. often B. carefully
C. seldom D. merely
Although the ___3___ time for many students is getting ___4___ from home, my mailbox was frequently ___5___ . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard ___6___ out at me. I sat down to read it, ___7___ a note from someone back home. ___8___ I became increasingly puzzled (困惑) as ___9___ postcard were like this: It was full news report about a woman named Mabel and her new born baby. I took the card back to my room and ___10___ about it.
3. A. hard B. last
C. busiest D. happiest
4. A. visitors B. letters
C. calls D. directions
5. A. empty B. full
C. closed D. open
6. A. pouring B. reaching
C. staring D. rolling
7. A. describing B. considering
C. enjoying D. expecting
8. A. But B. Thus C. Also D. Even
9. A. any B. no C. some D. such
10. A. joked B. talked
C. forgot D. cared
Several days later I ___11___ another postcard, this one ___12___ news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another, ___13___ full of news of different people. I began to ___14___ look forward to the next one, ___15___ to see what this author would come up with ___16___. I was never ___17___.
11. A. mailed B. accepted
C. wrote D. received
12. A. delivering B. demanding
C. discovering D. developing
13. A. one B. each C. either D. both
14. A. nearly B. possibly
C. usually D. really
15. A. promising B. surprised
C. interested D. pretending
16. A. below B. lately
C. next D. behind
17. A. frightened B. disappointed C. excited D. pleased
Finally, the cards ___18___ coming, right about the time I had begun to feel ___19___ about college life. They had been such a happy distraction (调剂) that, I have ___20___ all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a life.
18. A. continued B. stopped
C. started D. avoided
19. A. easy B. safe
C. tired D. anxious
20. A. lost B. collected
C. torn D. saved
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