1. (2020九上·泰州月考) 完形填空

    A gift in a wrong place brings unexpected happiness.

    Since I came to my new neighbourhood, I have had the pleasure of meeting a few neighbours. They seem to be quite 1 people. For Christmas, I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbours that I know. I sat down and 2. There were nine neighbours, and I also knew which houses they lived in.

However, I decided to 3 one more person to my list, the lady I met every morning walking to work as I drove down the street. She always managed a sweet smile and a hearty wave(挥手), 4I had no idea which house she lived in.

My gift idea was to make small 5 baskets and leave them on each of my neighbour's front porches(门廊) the night of Christmas Eve. I kept the last one for the friendly lady, since I was still not exactly sure where she lived— 6 the house down about where I met her each morning. Finally I decided to put it there. My neighbours really enjoyed the baskets and a couple even came by to 7me.

This morning on my way to work, I placed my mail in the mailbox and noticed a Thank You card. I opened it and read the 8 which really caught me by surprise.

The card said, "Thank you for those lovely apples and strawberries you left on the porch of Tod. He 9 on January 19, but he never stopped talking about how nice it was that someone 10him in his time of illness. He really enjoyed it."

    I was very 11. I had no idea who Tod was or that he had been seriously 12. I had left that nice lady's basket on Tod's porch by accident. I believe that Tod never expected to have that basket. I feel 13 that the nice lady did not get a basket from me this Christmas, but I believe that if she knew what had happened, she would 14 me.

    I feel lucky to have helped Tod be more cheerful in his last days. This just makes me further believe that sometimes 15 in life are beautiful.