二、完形填空。(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)(2025·江苏泰州兴化期末)
阅读下面短文,从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
For years I went to school by bus, so I met many "familiar"(熟悉的) strangers. We took the  1  bus but didn't know each other's names. The first time I took the bus, I saw different faces. We greeted and cold faces changed into  2  faces.  3  days went on, we chatted like old friends.
But I felt it was a(n)  4  that I was unable to have the same friendship with a silent girl in the front of the bus. Maybe she didn't have much money, as she always wore her old clothes.  5  she always took a cup of water for the driver. I guessed she was a kind girl. But why did she sit  6  instead of talking with us?
Then, one evening, I got the answer. I walked to the park nearby and found the girl  7  alone under a tree, lonely and sad. I greeted her with the same warm smile these months, but this time her face turned  8  , and then a shy(害羞的) smile appeared. When she began her first words, I  9  why she didn't speak to us before. Talking was  10  for her.
I learned her  11 . Her parents worked hard in another city. She lived with her old grandparents. She said, "I can't express myself very well. Most of the time, I can't say what I want to say. I have no friends but you always  12  me, so I also want to smile back." That evening, we exchanged our names and said goodbye like old  13 .
 14  is the key to opening the door of the heart. It can break the cold walls  15  us.
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B
)1. A. old B. same C. free D. broken
(
A
)2. A. smiling B. serious C. worried D. lonely
(
B
)3. A. When B. As C. Since D. Before
(
A
)4. A. pity B. idea C. excitement D. interest
(
A
)5. A. But B. And C. Or D. So
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B
)6. A. happily B. silently C. quickly D. angrily
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C
)7. A. playing B. crying C. sitting D. talking
(
C
)8. A. black B. white C. red D. blue
(
C
)9. A. meant B. discussed C. understood D. shook
(
B
)10. A. exciting B. hard C. possible D. interesting
(
C
)11. A. idea B. thought C. story D. words
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C
)12. A. talk to B. shout to C. smile at D. listen to
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D
)13. A. brothers B. sisters C. neighbours D. friends
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C
)14. A. Love B. Help C. The smile D. Care
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A
)15. A. between B. below C. behind D. beside