题目内容
Across the street from where we live, there stands a big hospital. To earn some money, we ______ the rooms upstairs to patients. One evening, there was a(n) ______ at the door. I opened it and saw a short man who was ______ taller than my eight-year-old son. But the worst thing was his face— it was really ugly. He told me he’d been___________a room since that noon but no one seemed to have one. ________I hesitated, not wanting to rent him a room, but his next words ______ me. He said, “I could sleep on this chair. My bus leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a bed.
It wasn’t a long time ______ I found that this old man had a beautiful heart in that ______ body. He fished for a living to______his daughter, his daughter’s children, and her disabled husband. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. ______, he was grateful that no pain was caused by his ______ and that he still had strength to keep going. At bedtime, we put a camp cot (吊床) in my children’s room for him. Before he left the next morning, he asked, “Could I come back and _____ when I see the doctor next time? ______ are bothered by my face, but children don’t seem to ______.” I told him he was welcome to come again.
____ his next trip, he brought a big fish and a bag of the largest oysters(牡蛎) I had ever seen. Other times we received ______ in the mail. There were oysters, fish or some fresh vegetables. ______ how little money he had and that he must walk three miles to ______ these made these gifts much more ______. And from him we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with ______.
1.A. left B. rented C. removed D. hired
2.A. knock B. call C. answer D. bell
3.A. hardly B. even C. almost D. seemingly
4.A. checking in B. looking at C. going through D. hunting for
5.A. All at once B. All of a sudden C. For a moment D. For an instance
6.A. pushed B. encouraged C. convinced D. promoted
7.A. until B. since C. that D. before
8.A. disabled B. strong C. tiny D. sick
9.A. exchange B. support C. surprise D. please
10.A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. However
11.A. daughter B. face C. work D. disease
12.A. chat B. stay C. visit D. pay
13.A. Grow-ups B. Doctors C. Fishermen D. Patients
14.A. mind B. notice C. refuse D. suffer
15.A. For B. With C. In D. On
16.A. greetings B. letters C. packages D. cards
17.A. Believing B. Telling C. Doubting D. Knowing
18.A. get B. find C. make D. mail
19.A. precious B. acceptable C. personal D. attractive
20.A. gratitude B. pride C. patience D. honesty
