完形填空／ClosE&nBsp;
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。&nBsp;
my FAthEr DiED whEn l wAs A FEw months olD．AFtEr his DEAth，my mothEr movED&nBsp;
BACk to louis,villE，kEntuCky，whErE shE hAD grown up．wE livED in A smAll&nBsp;
housE with hEr olDEr sistEr，mArion，AnD thEir mothEr．this wAs A timE whEn&nBsp;
BEing A singlE (l6) wAs still ConsiDErED unusuAl．&nBsp;
whEn l wAs smAll，thErE wAs A ChilDrEn’s Book CAllED thE hAppy FAmily，AnD&nBsp;
it wAs A rEAlpiECE oF work．DAD workED All DAy log At thE oFFiCE，mom CookED
in thE kitChEn，AnD BrothEr AnD sistEr AlwAys hAD FriEnDs slEEping ovEr．thE&nBsp;
imAgE oF thE FAmily in this Book wAs typiCAl(典型的)oF thE timE．
it lookED (
17)&nBsp;
likE my FAmily，But luCkily thAt wAsn’t thE wAy i hEArD it．
thE wAy my
Aunt mArion rEAD it to mE mADE thE story rEAlly (
l8)&nBsp;
．&nBsp;
kinD—hEArtED AnD opEnminDED，my Aunt wAs thE onE who plAyED BAsEBAll with mE，
who took mE horsEBACk riDing，who took mE to thE FAthEr—son DinnErs AnD who&nBsp;
gAvE mE lEssons on how to DrivE．BEliEving thAt Anything (
l9)&nBsp;
BADly gooD For，
shE (
20)&nBsp;
to gEt A loAn(贷款)so thAt i CoulD go to AFriCA to work As A voluntEEr，
whiCh wAs my most importAnt ExpEriEnCE．&nBsp;
As A young girl，Aunt mArion AlwAys plAnnED to hAvE A lArgE numBEr oF ChilDrEn&nBsp;
oF hEr own，But shE nEvEr got mArriED．this (
21)&nBsp;
thAt shE wAs FrEE to spEnD All&nBsp;
hEr timE tAking CArE oF mE．mAny pEoplE sAy wE hAvE A lot in Common．shE AlwAys
(
22)
mE to Do my BEst．shE nEvEr (
23)
to mAkE mE BEliEvE thAt i CoulD Do&nBsp;
Anything thAt l wAntED with my liFE．iF i only triED hArD Enough．&nBsp;
For morE thAn sixty yEArs，Aunt mArion DiDn’t AnD still Don’t think oF hErsElF．
(
24)
shE is ForCED to ComE up to thE Front，my Aunt will stAnD in thE BACk in&nBsp;
FAmily photos，AnD shE DoEsn't think thAt hEr EFForts hAvE mADE muCh (
25)
．
i honor my Aunt，who tAught mE thE things my FAthEr CoulDn’t．so EvEry junE For&nBsp;
thE pAst 40 yEArs，in growing thAnkFulnEss to my Aunt mArion，i'vE sEnt
hEr A FAthEr’s DAy CArD．&nBsp;
16．A．mAn&nBsp;
B．FAmily
C．pArEnt&nBsp;
D．ChilD