2014高考英语完形填空：2013暑假练习题（10）及答案解析
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily. 31 to buy a mountain bike, she’d been saving her pocket money all year, as well as doing small jobs to earn extra money.
By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “You 32 have your pick from my bicycle 33 .” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would 34 choose.
As Christmas 35 near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she 36 a Salvation Army（基督教慈善组织） volunteer standing next to a big pot.
“Can we give something, Daddy?” she asked.
“Sorry, Em, I’m out of change.” I said.
Throughout December, Emily continued to 37 hard. Then one day, she made a 38 announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $58 to a volunteer who was really very 39 .
40 by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute 41 of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children. 42 I selected a shiny model from my
