阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。  
In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children．Every day was   36   working and Christmas was the one day of the year   37   the children did not work and received a gift — an orange．The children   38   it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even   39  — smelling it,   40   it and loving it．Usually they tried to preserve it for so   41  that it often went bad before they ate it.
This year John knew he would soon be   42   enough to leave．He would save the orange until his birthday in July．If he preserved it   43  , he might be able to eat it on his birthday．
Christmas day finally came．The children were so   44   as they entered the dining hall．In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big    45 ．Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart   46  ．He turned and ran back to the   47   room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears．
Then he heard the door open and the children entered．Little Elizabeth with a  48    on her face held out her small hands．“Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John   49   his head, he saw a big juicy   50   all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by   51  a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him．
John never forgot the sharing, love and personal   52   his friends had shown him that Christmas day．  53   that day, after he became rich, every year he   54  send oranges all over the world to children everywhere．His   55  was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! 

A．forced B．wasted C．taken D．spent

A．that B．when C．while D．which

A．needed B．wanted C．valued D．liked

A．months B．days C．years D．seasons

A．tasting B．watching C．pressing D．touching

A．much B．soon C．long D．far

A．old B．strong C．tall D．experienced

A．seriously B．carefully C．secretly D．softly

A．nervous B．excited C．pleasant D．eager

A．cry B．disappointment C．surprise D．noise

A．jumped B．stopped C．broke D．settled

A．cold B．small C．old D．lonely

A．look B．tear C．surprise D．smile

A．shook B．lifted C．put D．turned

A．gift B．surprise C．orange D．wonder

A．sharing B．breaking C．eating D．taking

A．feelings B．affairs C．relation D．sacrifice

A．In return for B．In case of C．In memory of D．In search of

A．must B．would C．might D．should

A．desire B．idea C．care D．thought