题目内容
Like most July days, it was hot. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to ? 1 ? a chocolate ice-cream. It was a very ? 2 ? store with little round tables and chairs.As I entered, I found a very old woman bent ? 3 ? a table near the door. Her ? 4 ? was so badly bent by some sadness that her face nearly ? 5? the table top. I sat down facing her a couple of ? 6? away.
“Poor woman,” I thought. “What does she get ? 7 ? life? Why does God let people live so long past their youth?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were ? 8 ? childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years. In minutes, the two of them were shaking with laughter.
I looked ? 9 ? at the first woman, then in the ? 10 ? on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was ?11 ? a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her ? 12 ? shining with gold rings. I was ?13?.She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the ? 14? of my life together. She had millions of ?15? memories to recall. I sat alone. She was ?16 ? the day with a good friend. I was ? 17 ? worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn't ? 18? her.
As I left the shop, I ?19 ? my foolish question about God letting people live past their youth.? 20?,that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life, than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
1.A. warm up B. cool off C. freeze myself D. enjoy myself
2.A. old B. modern C. pretty D. ugly
3.A. under B. below C. over D. above
4.A. head B. chest C. neck D. back
5.A. connected B. touched C. hit D. joined
6.A. tables B. miles C. kilometers D. inches
7.A. for B. off C. away from D. out of
8.A. speaking B. talking about C. discussing D. debating
9.A. sadly B. happily C. up D. again
10.A. newspaper B. window C. mirror D. TV
11.A. dressing B. wearing C. putting on D. having on
12.A. hands B. neck C. arms D. head
13.A. happy B. surprised C. poor D. sad
14.A. periods B. pieces C. points D. masses
15.A. unhappy B. old C. wonderful D. fresh
16.A. sharing B. spending C. killing D. sparing
17.A. really B. mostly C. publicly D. secretly
18.A. pleasing B. hurting C. leaving D. punishing
19.A. realized B. wondered C. gave up D. thought of
20.A. When B. How C. Why D. Whether