Coin confusion
Rachel looked through troubled eyes at his sister and
said, “1 wouldn't have thought Eric would be a thief. His sister Sarah replied,
“Whoa, that's a accusation to make against your best
friend!”
Rachel
remembered two days ago when he had brought out his coin collection for Eric to
.At the end of that day, Rachel's mother had asked him to do her a favor，so he had asked his friend,“1s it okay if I leave you
for a few minutes?" Eric had said, "Go ahead. I'll clean up
here," at the piles of coins on the
floor.
When
Rachel had returned, it never occurred to him to his
coins until two days later that he realized some quarters were .
Sarah
said, “Why don't you just ask him?”
“Ask
him what? Hey, Best Friend, did you my coin
collection?” Rachel thought for a moment, if
that would be a good idea. The theft of his collection left him with a feeling
of .“How could I have misjudged my friend's ?"
The
next day Rachel went over to Eric's house. Eric was acting funny sort of
nervous, like he couldn't be . In fact, Rachel thought
Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed （产生）as Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind, Eric
had obviously stolen from him. Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and
stood up. Suddenly, Eric ,“I can't stand it anymore!”
Rachel was astonished at hearing his own burst
forth from his friend! Only, instead of sounding ,
Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.
"Go
to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait1” Slowly,
Rachel lifted the top of the . Laid out in front
of him were all of the quarters from his coin collection. Each quarter was in
its own in a new collection case. Each quarter
shone like it was new.
Rachel
felt rush over his neck and ears. He
said, “Thank you this means...a great deal to me.” He was grateful that
Eric had cut him before he said something he
would . Eric was exactly the type of
person he wanted as a friend !
1.A. repeated B. false C.
baseless D. serious
2.A. clean B. store C. choose D.
see
3.A. working B.
gesturing C. playing D. glaring
4.A. seek B. select C. check D.
collect
5.A. destroyed B.
messed C. missing D. decreasing
6.A. replace B. steal C.
pick D. remove
7.A. deciding B. knowing C.
asking D. minding
8.A. stupidity B. abandon C.
failure D. betrayal
9.A. decision B. character C.
appearance D. method
10.A. still B. confident C.
generous D. silent
11.A. when B.
so C. after D. if
12.A. expressed B.
condemned C. yelled D.
argued
13.A. purpose B. choices C. desire D.
thoughts
14.A. shocked B. curious C. guilty D.
cruel
15.A. jar B. box C.
can D. bag
16.A. spot B. form C.
condition D. style
17.A. air B. heat C.
wind D. sweat
18.A. absently B. unwillingly C.
weakly D. fearfully
19.A. off B.
down C. in D. up
20.A. suspect B.
explode C. tolerate D.
regret
