阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

My mother's loving hands

      Night after night, she came to help me sleep, even long after my childhood years.

      I don't remember1it first started making me a little angry 一 my mom's hands pushing my hair that way. But it really made me uncomfortable, for they2rough（粗糙的）against my young skin. Finally, one night, I 3 her, "Don't do that any more. Your hands are too rough!" She didn't say anything,4 she never did it again.

      Years later I missed my mother's5and her goodnight kiss on my face. I'm not a little girl any more. My mom is6 her mid-seventies, and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and me.

      Now my own children have7. It was late on Thanksgiving Eve. As I slept in my bedroom, a familiar hand ran across my8to push the hair from my head. Then a kiss, ever so softly, touched my brow（额头).

      Taking my mom's hand, I told her how9 I was for that night I shouted at her. But my mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten it long ago.

      That night, I10with a new appreciation（感激）for my mother's caring hands. And the guilt（内疚）that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

    Each of us makes mistakes from time to time. In fact, we can1 a lot from our mistakes.

    Donnie was a 2 student and never answered questions in class. He was afraid to make mistakes. He never finished his homework 3 he didn't want to make any mistakes. Nothing changed until Marry Anne, a teacher, came to our4 

    One morning, Marry Anne asked Donnie to 5 some questions. After a while Donnie was in tears because he made a mistake. Suddenly Marry Anne got a box full of erasers from the desk.

    "Look, Donnie," she said standing 6 him. "I've got something to show you." She took out the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk.

    "See these erasers, Donnie?" she continued (继续). "Do you know 7 the erasers become smaller and smaller? That's because we make mistakes. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That's what you must learn."

    "Here," she said, "I'll 8 one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that 9 may make mistakes."

    Donnie looked at Marry Anne and smiled.

    Donnie 10a lot from then on. He knew that everyone had the permission (许可) to make mistakes as long as you learned them and tried again.

B

    Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown. They saw a man 1 out of a rubbish can. She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry. Hannah was very 2. She couldn't understand why some people had to live their lives without houses or enough food. Hannah started to think about how she could 3, but, of course, there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve the problem of homelessness.

    Later ,when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman, 4 an old shopping trolley（购物车）which was full of 5. It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. Hannah 6 to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people 7 they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem, she wouldn't 8 so bad.

    Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness. She hoped to 9 her message of hope. She started the Ladybug Foundation(基金) and began to raise money.

    Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a 10 in the world. You can, too!

    One morning Mr Green is driving around the country and 1a small bookshop. When he sees an old man2 the other side of the road, he stops his car and says to the old man. "Excuse me. I want3to the Sun Bookshop. Do you know it?"

    "Yes," the old man answers, "I 4you the way." He5Mr Green's car, and they drive about twelve miles.  6they come to a small house, the old man says, "Stop here." Mr Green stops and7 the house. "But this isn't the8." he says to the old man. "Right," the old man answers, "This is my house. And now I'll show you the9to the bookshop. Turn around and go back nine miles. 10you'll see the bookshop. ''

    Once upon a time, there was a hungry fox that was looking for something to eat. He was very 1. No matter how hard he tried, the fox could not find any food. 2 he went to the side of the forest and looked for food there. He found a big tree 3 a hole in it.

    Inside the hole was a package. The hungry fox thought that there 4 be food in it, and he became very happy. He jumped into the hole and when he 5 the package, he saw there 6 lot of food in it!

    The fox happily began to eat. After the fox had finished 7, he felt thirsty and decided to leave the hole 8 drink some water. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not get out of the hole. Do you know 9? Yes, the fox had eaten so much food that he became 10 big to go through the hole.

    My friend and I entered a little coffee house and ordered two cups of coffee. While we were waiting, two young men came in and began to order, " 1 cups of coffee, please. Two of them for us and three there on the wall." The waiter served them with respect (尊敬). They paid for their order, took the two and left. As soon as they left, the waiter 2 put three pieces of paper on the wall. We saw this with great 3.

Some more people came. Two girls asked for one coffee each, paid and went away. Then came three lawyers who paid for seven coffees —three for 4 and four suspended(待用). I really 5 what the suspended coffees were. Suddenly a man came into the coffee house. The way this man was dressed didn't 6 the style(风格）of this coffee shop. He kindly ordered a coffee on the wall. The waiter served coffee to this man, showing him the same 7 as the other customers. The man had his coffee and left 8 paying. The waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.

At that moment, I knew the meaning of the suspended coffees. It's simple—people pay the coffee in advance(预先) for someone who can't 9 it. The tradition with the suspended coffees 10 in Italy, but it has spread all over the world. A suspended coffee is not only a cup of coffee, but also the warmth and love to someone in need.