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the year i went away to college was a very difficult transition (過渡期) for me. 21 is probably true with many people. i got quite homesick and 22 thought about going home.
although the 23 time for many students is getting 24 from home, my mailbox was frequently 25 . one day when i went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 26 out at me. i sat down to read it, 27 a note from someone back home. 28 i became increasingly puzzled (困惑) as 29 postcard were like this: it was full news report about a woman named mabel and her new born baby. i took the card back to my room and 30 about it.
several days later i 31 another postcard, this one 32 news about maybelline, mabel’s cousin. soon after, another card arrived and then another, 33 full of different people. i began to 34 look forward to the next one, 35 to see what this author would come up with 36 . i was never 37 .
finally, the cards 38 coming, right about the time i had begun to feel 39 about college life. they had been such a happy distraction (調劑) that, i have 40 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever i need a life.
21. a. if b. so c. as d. what
22. a. often b. carefully c. seldom d. merely
23. a. hard b. last c. busiest d. happiest
24. a. visitors b. letters c. calls d. directions
25. a. empty b. full c. closed d. open
26. a. pouring b. reaching c. staring d. rolling
27. a. describing b. considering c. enjoying d. expecting
28. a. but b. thus c. also d. even
29. a. any b. no c. some d. such
30. a. joked b. talked c. forgot d. cared
31. a. mailed b. accepted c. wrote d. received
32. a. delivering b. demanding c. discovering d. developing
33. a. one b. each c. either d. both
34. a. nearly b. possibly c. usually d. really
35. a. promising b. surprised c. interested d. pretending
36. a. below b. lately c. next d. behind
37. a. frightened b. disappointed c. excited d. pleased
38. a. continued b. stopped c. started d. avoided
39. a. easy b. safe c. tired d. anxious
40. a. lost b. collected c. torn d. saved