第三节：完形填空 （共 20 小题；每小题 1分，满分 20 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Not long ago, I had a hard week at work. __16__ just kept popping up(出现) everywhere and I was struggling to keep from __17__ my cool. I felt like I was at the __18__ point.
One day, I made a trip across town to the store. After I __19__, I realized I had left my purse with credit cards at home. __20__, I had a small amount of cash in my pocket, so I __21__ it, my coupons(优惠券) and went inside. The store was really __22__, but I just found what I needed, waiting for the cashier(收银员) to check out my __23__. I waited and waited, meanwhile my anger grew. I had a bad day and all I wanted to do was go home, but I was __24__ in the line.
Finally, I got to the front, but the cashier didn’t __25__ my coupons. I was upset because I had used __26__ coupons there before. It didn’t __27__ me. I would just pay in cash. Then the cashier said it was 10 dollars. SHOCK! I was a little __28__. Now I was mad at myself for forgetting my purse and only taking a small amount of cash. Without a credit card or anything else, I __29__ my things and started to go back out to my car, wondering to myself why everything had __30__ for me.
Just as I was headed out, an employee __31__ me and said a lady in the __32__ had paid the difference for me and left. __33__ the amount she paid was small, the act was huge. A stranger, whom I had never met, completely changed my attitude with her __34__. Maybe next time I see someone having a __35__ day, I’ll do the same as her. After all, you never know whose day you might change.
16. A. Problems B. Chances C. Stories D. Suggestions
17. A. enjoying B. gaining C. losing D. continuing
18. A. growing B. boiling C. turning D. beginning
19. A. adjusted B. practiced C. returned D. parked
20. A. Finally B. Thankfully C. Gradually D. lately
21. A. opened B. closed C. grabbed D. found
22. A. quite B. big C. clean D. busy
23. A. purses B. goods C. cards D. pockets
24. A. stuck B. served C. followed D. defeated
25. A. pay B. use C. accept D. fill
26. A. extra B. different C. ordinary D. similar
27. A. disappoint B. change C. move D. surprise
28. A. foolish B. short C. proud D. curious
29. A. made B. did C. collected D. left
30. A. ended B. failed C. passed D. disappeared
31. A. stopped B. recognized C. saw D. helped
32. A. room B. corner C. line D. company
33. A. Unless B. Once C. Although D. Since
34. A. intelligence B. humor C. smile D. generosity
35. A. tough B. lonely C. lucky D. simple