请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often   36   that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so   37   with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the   38   of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily occupied in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly   39  . Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along   40   and had to wait   41   in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant   42   on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the   43  night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered. Since Terry was a   44   in this city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be   45  . So he went to the door and opened it   46  . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir. do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door   47  . “What a nuisance (讨厌),” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to   48   things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside.   49   this time she was   50   two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She   51   me here to give you these.” Terry was struck dumb (目瞪口呆) by what he   52  .

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his   53   in life. It was his   54   and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was   55   nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic (无情的) mind.

A. complaining           B. reflecting                 C. praying                    D. pretending

A. inspired         B. disappointed             C. thrilled                     D. encouraged

A. morning              B. moment                C. afternoon                 D. evening

A. went on         B. went down           C. went out                   D. went through

A. candles                  B. matches                    C. lights                       D. flashlights

A. happily                B. patiently                   C. willingly                  D. helplessly

A. steps                     B. words                   C. knocks                     D. screams

A. dark               B. quiet                        C. noisy                       D. crowded

A. newcomer              B. guest                        C. neighbor                  D. settler

A. offered                     B. disturbed                  C. embarrassed              D. surprised

A. cheerfully           B. confidently               C. impatiently            D. absurdly

A. gently                  B. deliberately                  C. slightly                    D. heavily

A. lend                   B. sell                          C. purchase                   D. borrow

A. And                   B. But                          C. So                           D. For

A. holding                B. hiding                   C. fetching                   D. seeking

A. suggested             B. forbad                   C. sent                         D. forced

A. felt                  B. smelt                      C. heard                    D. saw

A. failure          B. success                     C. attempt                    D. determination

A. warmth                B. coldness                   C. kindness                   D. influence

A. probably            B. hardly                   C. actually                    D. especially

Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.

When I was 13, my fami1y moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special times—like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped“Address Unknown”. I had no idea about how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.

One day, I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman—Linda’s married name.“There must be thousands of Wagmans.”I thought, but I still wrote to her.

She called as soon as she got my letter.“Mrs. Tobin!”she said excitedly,“Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.”

Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is fil1ed. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!

1.The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans      .

A. at the age of 13

B. before she got married

C. before the writer’s family moved away

D. after they moved to new homes

2.They didn’t often write to each other because they      .

A. got married

B. had little time to do so

C. didn’t like writing letters

D. could see each other on special times

3.There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she      .

A. was in trouble

B. didn’t know Linda’s address

C. received the card that she sent

D. didn’t have a friend like Linda

4.The writer was happy when she      .

A. read the newspaper

B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone

C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda

D. wrote to the woman whose 1ast name was Wagman

5.They haven’t kept in touch      .

A. for about 40 years

B. for about 27 years

C. since they got married

D. since the writer’s family moved away

 

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