Several years ago I was told I was suffering from cancer by the doctor.It was the most difficult time 1 had ever 1 .I think it was my sense of 2 that allowed me to hold onto my sanity(心智健全).Like many people who have 3 chemotherapy(化疗), I lost all of my hair.I had always enjoyed wearing hats, so when my hair 4 me, I法ordered several special hats with the hair already 5 .It was easy and I never had to worry about how my hair looked.
I have always been a big golf 6 .In fact, 1 have been to twenty-three U.S.Opens.At one point during my cancer treatments, my husband John and I decided to get away from the cold Minnesota winter and took a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona.There was a Senior PGA Tour(美国职业高尔夫球巡回赛) 7 called The Tradition being played, and that seemed like just the ticket to lift my 8 .
The first day of the match was exciting.It was a beautiful day, and 1 was in heaven.I was standing just 9 the third tee(球座;开球区),behind the fairway(球道)ropes, watching my three favorite golfers in the world 10 the tee:Jack Nieklaus, Raymond Floyd and Torn Weiskopf.
Just as they arrived at the tree, the unimaginable happened.A huge gust of wind came up from 11 and blew my hat and hair right off my head and into the 12 of the fairway!The thousands of 13 lining the fairway fell into a complete 14 all eyes on me.Even my golf idols were watching me, as my hair was in their path.l was shocked! 15 as I was, I knew I couldn't just stand there, 16 had to do ,something to get things moving again.
17 I took a deep breath, went under the ropes and out into the middle of the fairway.I 18 my hat and hair, placed them beck on my head as best I 19 .Then I turned to the golfers and loudly 20 , “Gentlemen, the wind is blowing from left to right.”
They said the laughter could be heard all the way to the nineteenth hole.
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question.“What?”I asked.
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 .We knew the restaurant was extremely good.“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me.
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded.“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie.We will be well 6 .”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river.And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins.
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time.As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten.
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores.People smiled and nodded.“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed.
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said.
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 .It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles.
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
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A.
sigh
B.
breath
C.
surprise
D.
thought
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A.
chance
B.
choice
C.
praise
D.
prize
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A.
nervous
B.
interested
C.
excited
D.
serious
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A.
restaurant
B.
place
C.
time
D.
condition
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A.
Two
B.
Four
C.
Everyone
D.
Nobody
(6)
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A.
mannered
B.
built
C.
dressed
D.
fed
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A.
spring
B.
summer
C.
autumn
D.
winter
(8)
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A.
appearance
B.
expression
C.
picture
D.
view
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A.
orderly
B.
strictly
C.
beautifully
D.
cleanly
(10)
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A.
tasted
B.
enjoyed
C.
served
D.
prepared
(11)
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A.
turned out
B.
worked out
C.
came out
D.
figured out
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A.
lights
B.
chairs
C.
trees
D.
boats
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A.
almost
B.
surely
C.
never
D.
seldom
(14)
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A.
humorous
B.
joking
C.
funny
D.
friendly
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A.
kindness
B.
handsomeness
C.
strangeness
D.
carelessness
(16)
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A.
found
B.
saw
C.
took
D.
slowed
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A.
glasses
B.
plates
C.
picture
D.
window
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A.
answer
B.
expression
C.
reason
D.
effect
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A.
running
B.
hanging
C.
looking
D.
falling
(20)
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A.
napkin
B.
tablecloth
C.
cup
D.
fork
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The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school.Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football.
But there's a big surprise when the movie 1 with two students going crazy in the 2 shooting and killing people.
This is“Elephant”.Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids.American 3 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词).The student actors 4 their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 5 .
6 it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes 7 festival in France on May 25.
The film is based on the 8 at a high school in the US, where two boys 9 13 people and then themselves in 1999.
The title of the 10 refers to the old expression about a 11 that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house.
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the 12 .It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone-fun and friendly, or hard and 13 .
In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary 14 .But, there are hints(暗示)of the 15 they feel inside.One of the boys is bullied at school.The other plays violent 16 games.But Van Sant isn't 17 their killings on either bullying or violent video games.In fact, the film doesn't offer any 18 for why school violence happens.
“I didn't want to 19 anything.It's up to the audience to draw its own 20 ,”said the 51-year-old director.