Roland was a carpenter in America. He and Sheila had three【C1】__________—two boys and baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out

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问题       Roland was a carpenter in America. He and Sheila had three【C1】__________—two boys and baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of infections and【C2】__________problems. She was very weak and sick. The doctors were not confident that she would live another year.
      【C3】__________Jessica was expensive. The family was deep in【C4】__________Things were bad. Roland saw no light at the【C5】__________of this tunnel (隧道). Then he saw an ad in the newspaper: "Security guards【C6】__________,’ $150,000 a year."
      He called the number. The line was busy, but he【C7】__________calling and finally got through. He was worried that the jobs were all taken,【C8】__________they told him plenty of jobs were still available. They said they would give him two weeks of【C9】__________in Texas. Then they would fly him to Iraq for his assignment.
      Roland told Sheila he had to take this job. He knew it was【C10】__________; he might get injured or killed , but the money was too good.【C11】__________, the family would have full medical benefits,【C12】__________would enable the baby to get the care she needed. Roland said if he survived the first year, he would probably work there for one more year.
      Sheila was【C13】__________She asked, "What if you get killed? What are we going to do without you?"
      "You can’t【C14】__________like that, honey," he said. "You’ve got to think positive. Think about how well off we’ll be in two or three years after I bring back all that【C15】__________This is the best thing I could do for this family. " Sheila hugged him and sobbed (呜咽地说) . "I don’t want you to go."
      Roland flew to Houston five days later.
【C7】

选项 A、stopped
B、enjoyed
C、kept
D、finished

答案C

解析根据句意，电话一直在占线，但是他一直打，最后接通了。从本句前后部分“The line was busy”和“and finally got through”可推断他在不断地打电话。故本题选C。

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