阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A,B,C,D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    The first note I ever wrote for my mother said "Hi, Mom! Have a nice day！Love, Marie!". I was twelve when I wrote it, and I folded the1into her change purse（零钱包）.

    My mother worked as a cleaner in a clothing factory. I knew that when she2meals in the dining hall, she would have to look for change in her purse. I didn't know that she would3that note，and always carry it with her.

    From the day that I4folded the small piece of paper into my mother's change purse, she and I left each other5notes. They would be put in the fridge, under a lamp, or beside the TV set. I6found one hidden in my shoe. From the outside, our notes may have been general7 of our days，ideas and wishes. But to my mother and8 ， they were a lifeline-a communication with each other that no one else9.

    On October 20, 2009，my mother died after a long illness. I stood near her bed，10her hand. I didn't cry the day my mom died11I didn't cry a week later when I went to collect her things. I was so thankful that she no longer had aches and12.

    Recently, I found a note that my mom. had13 me. It had been hidden in the14of my favorite childhood book for years. It read“Dear Marie，I love you always. Miss you a lot. Don't forget me. Be15 ！Love，Mom”That day，I cried.

    An old carpenter(木匠) was ready to retire. His boss was 1 to see the good worker go. He asked the carpenter 2 he could build just one more house. The carpenter said yes, 3 his mind was not on his work any more.

    He used poor materials and worked on the house 4 . When the carpenter finished his work, the boss 5 the front-door key to him, "This is your house," he said, "A 6 for you."

    What a surprise! What a 7 ! If he had known he was building his 8  house, he would have done it differently. Now he had to live in the house he had poorly built.

    9 it is with us. Sometimes we build our 10 carelessly. At important points we do not try our best. Then with a shame we look at the situation we have 11 . We find that we are now living in the house we have poorly built. But we don't have a 12 to make it all over again.

    Think of 13 as the carpenter. Think about your life. Build it 14 . It is the only life you will ever build because life is a do-it-yourself project.

    Your life today is the 15 of your attitudes and choices you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices you make today.

    Miss Jane White is an English. She is in Beijing now. She has never been to(从未到过) Beijing before. She wants 1 to some interesting places. Because she is 2 there, she 3 Beijing well(know……well对……熟悉). She 4 some help. Look! She's 5 a policeman for help.

Miss White: 6. Could you tell me how to get to the Forbidden City（故宫）?

Policeman: 7. Go down this road, and 8 left at the second street. Then you will come to Chang'an Jie. Go along Chang'an Jie, and the Forbidden City is 9 the right. You can't miss it.

Miss White: Thank you a lot.

Policeman: You're 10.

    Jennifer was sitting on the bench. "It's getting1," she thought. "I should go home." She wanted to know her parents reactions(反应)when she2home after the three days she was missing. It was really dark when she finally got to home's front door. It was3as usual. 4looked after the outside garden for5days. It was so strange because her father usually worked hard to keep everything6and tidy. She couldn't understand what was going on. She walked into the7. First, she went into the kitchen8she saw a note written by her father. He said, "Dear Ellen, here is some coffee I am looking for her out." Ellen was her mother, but9was she? She went to her parents' room She saw her there. Her10 was lying on the bed and was sleeping. Her face looked so11as if she wasn't asleep for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up. However, she looked too tired, 12Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.

    When Jennifer 13, something was different：She wasn't in her mother's room and she wasn't14the old clothes she rail away in. She was oil her own bed. It felt so good being back home Suddenly she15a voice, "Are you feeling better now, deal? You know you made us all very, very afraid. "

Once upon a time, there was an old man who usually went to the seaside to do his writing. He had a habit of walking {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the beach before he began his writing.

One day, he saw a figure(身影) moving like {#blank#}2{#/blank#} dance r while walking along the seaside. He smiled to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( he) and thought maybe he could see a dance here. And so, he walked faster.

As he got {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( close), he noticed that it was a young woman. She was not dancing at all. Instead, she bent down(弯腰) to pick up something and then she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( throw) it into the sea.

So the old man called out," Good morning! May I ask {#blank#}6{#/blank#} you are doing?"

The young woman paused, looked up, and answered," I am throwing starfish into the sea."

"{#blank#}7{#/blank#} really surprised me a lot. Why are you throwing starfish into the sea?" asked the old man.

To this, the young woman {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( reply)," The sun is up and the tide is going out. IfI don't throw them in, they' ll die."

Upon hearing this, the old man said," But there are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( mile) of beach and there are starfish all along every mile. You can't possibly make a difference!"

At this, the woman picked up another {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( one) and put it into the sea. As it met the water, she said," It made a difference to that one."

 When we were little, my brother Gary and I were best friends. We did everything together and we had the same friends. When we 1 older, this changed so much. We did not talk and were different 2 each other. 

 When Gary was at school, he was a top student. He 3 had any problems in his classes. All of Gary's teachers liked 4 because he was so smart. However, school was 5 for me. I had lots of problems at school. 6 I had a hard time, the teachers were still strict7 me. They thought that I should do better because my brother was so smart. When I was in middle school, I played every sport I could. I really like sports——8 of them. I could not just sit and do9 . I had to be doing something at all times, but Gary never got into sports. He tried to 10 soccer at school, but he couldn't kick the ball well. My brother and I became so different. How could we be best friends again?