Cloze(20％)
1、About a month ago I was present at a serious occasion I the reading of a will. I can remember one passage that particularly struck me. It ran something 56 this. "And I direct that $10,000 be 57 . to old William B, whom I have wished to help for many years, 58always put off doing so. " It 59 the last words of a dying man. But the story does not 60 there. When the lawyers came to 61 out the bequest (遗赠), they discovered that old William B had 62 , too, and so the 63deed was lost.
I felt rather 64 about that. It seemed to me a most regrettable 65 that William should not have had his $10,000 just 66 somebody kept putting 67 giving it to him. And from68accounts, William could have done with the 69 . But I am sure 70 there are thousands of kindly little deeds waiting to be 71 today, which are being put off" 72 later. " George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, 73 that "One of these days is better than 74 of these days. "But I say that 75is better than all.根据以上内容，回答1-20题。

A．about
B．for
C．like
D．of


2、
A．consumed
B．paid
C．cost
D．devoted


3、
A．but
B．or
C．still
D．and


4、
A．has been
B．were
C．is
D．was


5、
A．remain
B．end
C．finish
D．appear


6、
A．find
B．point
C．put
D．carry


7、
A．died
B．disappeared
C．escaped
D．hidden


8、
A．invaluable
B．identical
C．good
D．historic


9、
A．exciting
B．sorry
C．faithful
D．happy


10、
A．matters
B．dream
C．task
D．thing