Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Rowan Torrez will never be able to bear his late(已故的)father tell him that he loves him, but yesterday he  56  received his dad's love in writing, a postcard  57  by his father nearly eight years ago.

On March 7，just days before the two-year anniversary(纪念日)of the  58  of Joseph Torrez, his wife Julie and his ten-year-old son Rowan, received a postcard in the mail from Joseph. The postcard was  59  June 10, 2007. When Joseph Torrez was  60  and working, be would often send postcards to them from  61  places, which he had been to for business  62  . And one of them arrived in their mailbox nearly eight years  63  he sent it.

“Hello from Boston, the postcard  64  . “I love you and I  65  you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy."

Rowan and his mother have no  66  how the postcard just showed  67  at their home in Littleton, Colorado. But they are thankful  68  one more gift from Joseph,  69  died on March 13, 2013 from a rare brain disease. Such a disease usually  70  a person after he is sixty years old,  71  Joseph died when he was only forty-one.

The latest postcard is now one of the most  72   gifts that Rowan has received from his father. He will  73  it, adding it to his scrapbook(剪贴簿)  74  he keeps all the other postcards from him. They help Rowan  75  his father after losing him at such a young age.

56. A. unexpectedly   B. unfortunately C. responsibly D. frequently

57. A. write          B. writing          C. wrote            D. written

58. A. end           B. life              C. death            D. birth

59. A. made          B. dated           C. making           D. dating

60. A. asleep         B. alive             C. dead            D. active

61. A. wealthy   B. useful          C. different         D. practical

62. A. reasons        B. scenes           C. emotions         D. speeds

63. A. when          B. before           C. since             D. after

64. A. reads          B. thinks           C. reading           D. thinking

65. A. think          B. trust             C. miss             D. hate

66. A. method        B. way             C. Hope             D. idea

67. A. out            B. up              C. away             D. off

68. A. in             B. with             C. for               D. on

69. A. who           B. whom           C. that               D. which

70. A. trembles       B. steals            C. covers             D. strikes

71. moreover         B. therefore         C. but               D. and

72. A. careful         B. precious          C. nervous           D. useless

73. A. explain         B. vanish            C. resist             D. treasure

74. A. where         B. which             C. when             D. that

75. A. forget          B. surprise           C. remember         D. receive