阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a Christmas after all.
, the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陆续来临) in.
There was a on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a on the porch (门廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.
The feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.
As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to us to dig out.
Then, we received an invitation to a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their —a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.
Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our . Our Christmas morning was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so for these gestures of wele, especially during the holidays.
This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The and work schedules just made things too difficult. that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were in the holidays.
Lonely people are all around us, but most of us notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest gesture can make a world of difference.
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(答案→)C
解析：在去年圣诞节前作者和丈夫杰夫搬进了新家。由于时间的匆忙并且在新的地方，举目无亲，所以他们没有准备过圣诞节。但是，出乎意料的是邻居们陆续前来，有的拿来了自制的面包，有的送来了圣诞贺卡，作者一家深受感动，他们决定在今年的圣诞节也去把温暖带给那些孤独的人们。
【小题1】C名词辨析。 A. 机会；B. 渴望；C. 时间；D. 能力。根据上文My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas.可知他们在圣诞节前刚搬进新家，因而没时间和精力去筹备圣诞节，故选C。
【小题2】A形容词辨析。A. 孤独的；B. 自由的；C. 快乐的；D. 通常的。根据文章倒数第二段This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas.…that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well,可以判断作者刚搬到新地方的时候是打算孤独地去过圣诞节的，故选A。
【小题3】B副词辨析。A. 因此；B. 然而；C. 反正；D. 其时。根据上下文the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陆续来临) in. 原本认为它将是一个孤独的圣诞节，然而却收到邻居的邀请，前后内容有转折关系，故选B。
【小题4】B名词辨析。A. 标志；B. 敲击；C. 卡片；D. 笔记。根据下文可知邻居来了，而且由Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather知道门铃坏了，所以别人只能敲门，故选B。
【小题5】B动词辨析。A. 邀请；B. 欢迎；C. 驾驶；D. 寄送。从语境可知杰夫的同事送来了家做的面包作为对我们来这里的欢迎，故选B。
【小题6】D名词辨析。A. 树；B. 花；C. 邮件；D. 包裹。从下文who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.可知邻居布朗一家给我们送来了糕点，贺卡等，由此推测应该是用包裹包好的。故选D。
【小题7】B动词辨析。A. 忘记；B. 错过；C. 安排；D. 收到。因为包裹放在了门廊里，而且从上文可知门铃坏了，由此推断他们没能见到送礼物的布朗一家，所以此处指我们错过了一次邻居的来访。故选B。
【小题8】A形容词辨析。A. 温暖的；B.深的； C.真实的；D. 混合的。在上文中邻居和同事带来了贺卡、甜饼和面包，从情理可知作者对此非常感动，感到了他们所带来的温暖，而且这种温暖的感觉比实物持续的时间更长，故选A。
【小题9】B名词辨析。 A. 垃圾；B. 雪；C. 灰尘；D. 树叶。从上文Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather可知当时是下雪天，由此判断作者和丈夫正清扫车道上的积雪，故选B。
【小题10】C动词辨析。 A. 教；B.敦促 ；C. 帮助；D. 禁止。根据语境可知隔壁的邻居看到他们在扫雪，也过来帮忙，故选C。
【小题11】B动词辨析。A. 准备；B. 分享，分担；C. 品尝；D. 交换。从句意可知我们收到一个邀请去和邻居们共进圣诞晚餐，应该用share“分享”，故选B。
【小题12】A名词辨析。A. 客人；B. 阿姨；C. 少女；D. 伙伴。根据下文who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.可知这位老人也是没有家人在这个地方的，所以也是客人，故选A。
【小题13】C名词辨析。A.人民；B. 亲戚；C. 邻居；D. 同事 。从上文….a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors可知他们是和邻居一起共进晚餐，所以他们对邻居心怀感激，故选C。
【小题14】D名词辨析。A. 电话；B. 问候；C. 会见；D. 早餐。根据上文内容可知邻居和杰夫的同事在清晨送来了吃的东西，再由下文thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread.可以判断此处指早餐，故选D。
【小题15】C形容词辨析。A. 遗憾的；B.渴望的；C.感激的；D. 准备好的。从故事内容可知作者对邻居的善意是心存感激的，故选C。
【小题16】C名词辨析。A. 季节；B. 花费；C. 距离；D.情景。根据文章内容可知他们远离亲朋好友来到了一个新地方，所以此处指距离和工作日程使作者不能和家人共度圣诞，故选C。
【小题17】A动词辨析。A.知道；B. 展示；C. 学习；D. 发现。从上文内容可知作者刚来到这个新地方的时候曾经体味过孤独的感觉，所以选A。
【小题18】C形容词辨析。A. 快乐；B. 繁忙；C.单独；D. 积极的。根据上文….that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well和下文Lonely people are all around us,可以推测作者曾经体会过孤独的感觉所以他们决定设法在假期里把孤独的人们聚在一起，故选C。
【小题19】D副词辨析。A. 总是；B.通常；C. 最后；D. 几乎不。根据下文作者的呼吁Just take a look around you.可知我们大多数人几乎没有注意过身边孤独的人们，故选D。
【小题20】B形容词辨析。A. 仔细的；B. 好心的；C.美丽的；D. 忍耐的。根据故事的内容可知作者因为邻居、同事善意的举动而心存感激，感到了世界的温暖，所以此处作者也是指人们小小的善意之举就能使我们感觉到一个不同的世界，故选B。