阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。

        My husband, Bob, died in January 2004. His death was unexpected as well. I 1 condolences(哀悼)from people I hadn't heard from in years: letters, cards, flowers, calls, and visits. I took a bad knock with 2. I was so struggling to3the whys and hows of this terrible thing that had happened to my family, knowing in my heart that there really were no 4. It's just all so sad.

        One message5me deeply. I received a letter from my best friend from sixth6 through high school. We had drifted somewhat since 7 in 1959, as she stayed in our home town and I did not. 8 it was the kind of friendship that could quickly resume even if we9touch for five or ten years.

        Her husband, Peter, had died perhaps 20 years ago at a young age, 10her with deep sorrow and heavy 11: finding a job and raising three young children. She and Pete, 12 Bob and I, had shared one of those rare, close, "love-of-your-life-you-can-never-forget" 13.

        In her letter she 14 an anecdote about my mother who had passed away years ago. She wrote, "When Pete died, your dear mother 15me and said, 'Trudy, I don't know what to say...so I'll just say I love you.'"

        She closed her letter to me repeating my mother's words of so long16, "Bonnie, I don't know what to say...so I'll just say I love you."

        I felt I 17 almost hear my mother speaking to me now. What a 18 message of sympathy! How dear of my friend to cherish it all those years and then 19 it on to me.I love you. 20 words. A gift. A legacy(遗赠物).

阅读下面的文言文，完成下列各题。

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（节选自《清史稿•列传第一百五十》）

【注】①大考：清代翰林、詹事的升级考试。②考差：科举制度中考官的考选差派制度。