Question

The pea incident happened when I was eight. My grandmother, my mother and I were having lunch at a restaurant. I __ a Salisbury steak. When served，it was __ accompanied by a plate of peas.

I have always __ peas. It is a complete __ to me why anyone would voluntarily eat peas.

“Eat your peas,” my grandmother said.

“Mother,” said my mother in her __ voice. “He doesn’t like peas. Leave him alone.”

My grandmother __ at me and said the words that __ ray life, “I’ll pay you five dollars __ you eat those peas. Five dollars! And only one plate of peas stood between __ and the possession of that __ amount of money. I began to __ the awful things down ray throat and finally swallowed the __ one of them. My grand-mother handed me the __. I can do what I want, Ellen, and you can’t stop me,” she __ to my mother. My mother glared at her and also glared at me ___

Several days later, at dinner, my mother offered me some steaming peas and I, of course, __. My mother fixed me with a __eye as she __ more peas onto my plate. “You ate them for money,” she said, “You can eat them for love.”

Oh, despair! Now, too late, I realized that I had been __ in a terrible place from which there was no __. “you ate them for money. You can eat them for love.” Did I eat the peas? You bet I did. I ate them that day and every other time they were served thereafter.

1.A. enjoyed B. ordered C. afforded D. prepared

2.A. unexpectedly B. undoubtedly C. reasonably D. naturally

3.A. preferred B. valued C. hated D. ignored

4.A. joke B. mystery C. tale D. disaster

5.A. trembling B. ringing C. urging D. warning

6.A. aimed B. looked C. laughed D. shouted

7.A. changed B. improved C. controlled D. mixed

8.A. unless B. when C. before D. if

9.A. my grandmother B. my mother C. me D. us

10.A. unimaginable B. believable C. unpredictable D. acceptable

11.A. throw B. place C. force D. bite

12.A. best B. single C. possible D. last

13.A. peas B. steak C. plates D. money

14.A. explained B. announced C. whispered D. screamed

15.A. in excitement B. in relief C. in silence D. in love

16.A. nodded B. declined C. defended D. waved

17.A. mild B. blank C. distant D. cold

18.A. held B. chose C. piled D. dropped

19.A. caught B. left C. beaten D. hidden

20.A. stop B. risk C. escape D. cost

Answer 1