So far (the story) is from being true that (I was surprised) anyone (could have believed) it (was)so.

单项选择题As Christmas approached, with people (crowded) department stores, restaurants, theaters and movie houses, the downtown area (was), (as always), the (busiest).

单项选择题As she (grew) older her vision (began) sporadically to fade, so that intermittent times she (seldom) knew what she (was looking) at.