第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和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。

　When I was in my childhood, my family lived across a river from the main road next to a set of rail road tracks. The only way to our house was across a 1 . Our only neighbor, Elijah, lived in a(n) 2 house on the hillside behind our home and rail tracks. His house, in fact, was over a hundred years old.

　Elijah was already nearly 80 years old when I was 3 . He was a first-generation, ___4____immigrant who had never married. He had worked on the railroad for over 0 years before 5 but still worked hard every day. Quite often I would watch him with 6 grow plants on hillsides. Elijah was 7 by today's standards. He had no electricity or running water and would 8 once a week with water he boiled. I never seemed to 9 the smell when I visited him, though. His English remained 10 even after all his years in America but 11 I never had any trouble understanding him.

　Elijah also 12 me in my spiritual growth. He did this 13 by example. He never lectured or 14 . He just showed me how to live with honesty, kindness, and goodness. He showed me the joy of nature, the 15 that can come from just sitting outside on a sunny day.

　When Elijah passed away, we found he had over 40,000 dollars in the bank, a good 16 at that time, from a lifetime of saving. It was sent to his brothers and sisters still living in Italy. We often 17 why he hadn't used it to buy a better home and live more comfortably. Looking back now, 18 , I know the answer. He had food, shelter, clothes, and warmth both in his house and in his 19 . He needed nothing more to be 20 in his life.

　1.A.railway B.road C.bridge D.hill

　2.A.shabby B.delicate C.grand D.dark

　3.A.innocent B.mature C.grown D.born

　4.A.English B.African C.American D.Italian

　5.A.dying B.settling C.retiring D.leaving

　6.A.amusement B. amazement C.embarrassment D.disappointment

　7.A.out of fashion B.in poverty C.out of mind D.on track

　8.A.bathe B.purchase C.travel D.drink

　9.A.stand B.endure C.mind D.notice

11.A.somewhat B.sometime C.somehow D.someday