Question

As a saying goes, every bean has its black. It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no   1  . Several decades ago he made a mistake — a(n)   2  mistake, though.

On a cold Saturday, Mother’s father was building some wooden cases for the clothes his   3   was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in China. On his way home, he  4   into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His search proved   5  .

When he   6   replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses, having   7   him ＄20 that very morning, were heading for China! He had to drive home   8  .

Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church,    9   Grandpa and his family also attended.

“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the   10  you sent last year. You see, the bandits(土匪) had just  11   through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate.”

“  12   I had the money, there was simply no way of   13   those glasses.   14   not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day. Then your cases arrived. When my staff   15   the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”

Then, still gripped (吸引注意) with the  16   of it all, he continued: “Folks, when I tried   17   the glasses, it was as thought they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”

The people listened,    18   for the miraculous glasses. But the director surely must have  19   their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their  20   of items to be sent overseas.

But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.

1．A．expectation            B．success               C．comment             D．exception

2．A．perfect                  B．foolish                 C．avoidable             D．common

3．A．factory                 B．church                C．family                 D．country

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4．A．turned                   B．reached               C．filled                   D．put

5．A．proper                  B．reasonable           C．fruitless               D．unnecessary

6．A．mentally                B．physically            C．anxiously             D．directly

7．A．charged                B．spent                   C．paid                    D．cost

8．A．disappointed          B．pleased                C．nonstop               D．quick

9．A．which                   B．what                   C．where                 D．when

10．A．cases                  B．clothes                C．glasses                D．wishes

11．A．cut                      B．swept                  C．pulled                  D．broken

12．A．Unless                 B．As long as           C．Until                   D．Even though

13．A．replacing             B．finding                C．wearing               D．changing

14．A．Except                B．Along with           C．Rather than          D．As for

15．A．nailed                  B．burnt                   C．removed              D．took

16．A．preparation          B．pleasure               C．satisfaction         D．wonder

17．A．out                     B．over                    C．for                      D．on

18．A．pity                     B．happy                  C．curious               D．eager

19．A．confused             B．associated            C．combined            D．compared

20．A．cases                  B．order                   C．list                      D．orphanage

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1—5 DABBC         6—10 ADAAC       11—15   BDABC         16—20  DDBAC