完形填空是测试考生英语水平的最重要的题型之一，体裁一般为记叙文，近几年又增添了夹叙夹议的议论文体。大多数题不单纯考查语法和词义，注重语境化。旨在考查学生的英语阅读理解、逻辑思维、判断推理和基础知识综合运用的能力
完形填空：阅读下面短文，从短文所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
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The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition (过渡期) for me. __1__ is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and _2__ thought about going home.
Although the _ 3__ time for many students is getting 4 from home, my mailbox was frequently 5 . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 6 out at me. I sat down to read it, 7 a note from someone back home. 8 I became increasingly puzzled (困惑) as 9 postcards were like this:
