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。 There was snow last night, followed by a freezing rain. It ____21____ ev

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阅读下面短文，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。
There was snow last night, followed by a freezing rain. It ____21____ everything with a thin layer of ice，including the highways，creating a ____22____ situation.
Going to the store to buy some goods, I had ____23____ in crossing the highway because of the ice. After I struggled to cross it, a woman came up in her car, ____24____ across the crosswalk, through the other lane, almost going into the ditch (沟). She was unable to do anything, with her eyes wide open in ____25____ and brakes locked. After she got control of her car, she slowly ____26____. So then watching her away, I thought that it was a ____27____ corner.
I got in touch with the businesses around and asked if I could fill the corner. Finally, I got ____28____. And then I found a bucket, filled it with sand and put the sand on that corner. This took me eight buckets, and ____29____ I got this comer sanded. People _____30_____ their horns (喇叭) as they drove by to show honor to me. An officer thanked me and the paving company where I got the sand thanked me, too. A woman driver _____31_____ over to give me a bottle of fruit juice, and another gave me a chocolate bar.
I wasn’t _____32_____ anything, so I appreciated these. As one of the snow angels here in my community, I _____33_____ a chance of cleaning up sidewalks for elders and those in wheelchairs last year because of a _____34_____ shoulder injury. So this time I intended to make up for it, _____35_____ with one good shoulder. It was _____36_____, though. After I finished sanding this busy comer, _____37_____ as it was，the sun came and started to _____38_____. Someone drove by and told me that at the moment the sun was shining only in one _____39_____. Yet this ray of sunlight was only shining where I was, coincidence? And strangely the ice started to _____40_____ quickly.
21. A. ruined B. covered C. protected D. stopped
22. A. familiar B. different C. dangerous D. tight
23. A. luck B. interest C. fun D. difficulty
24. A. sliding B. walking C. struggling D. flying
25. A. vain B. alarm C. amazement D. relief
26. A. got off B. woke up C. drove off D. gave up
27. A. blind B. threatening C. quiet D. distant
28. A. permission B. confidence C. praise D. encouragement
29. A. purposely B. nearly C. eventually D. actually
30. A. kept B. played C. showed D. sounded
31. A. stayed B. rushed C. pulled D. turned
32. A. expecting B. deserving C. changing D. suffering
33. A. seized B. preferred C. regretted D. missed
34. A. serious B. slight C. bodily D. personal
35. A. never B. even C. still D. ever
36. A. interesting B. promising C. tiring D. worrying
37. A. sunny B. dark C. cold D. mild
38. A. hide B. rise C. fade D. shine
39. A. place B. moment C. way D. city
40. A. increase B. melt C. move D. block
【答案】21. B    22. C    23. D    24. A    25. B    26. C    27. B    28. A    29. C    30. D    31. C    32. A    33. D    34. A    35. B    36. C    37. A    38. D    39. A    40. B
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