题目内容
A good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted 41 and would have done 42 to have 43 the words. What she said hurt the friend so much that this good woman was herself 44 for the pain she caused. In an effort to 45 what she had done, she went to an older, wiser woman in the village, explained her 46 , and asked for advice.
Listening to her, the older woman 47 the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could 48 relieve her pain, 49 she could teach. She knew the outcome would 50 the character of the younger woman. She said, “Tonight, take your best feather pillows and put a single feather on the 51 of each house in town before the 52 .”
The young woman hurried home to prepare for her task, even though the feather pillows were very dear to her. All night long, she labored alone in the 53 . Finally the sky was getting light: she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman,
“Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and 54 your pillows with the feather you have put on the steps. Then everything will be as it was before.
“You know that’s 55 ! The wind blew each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps!” The young woman was surprised.
“That’s true,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your words is like a 56 in the wind. Once 57 , no amount of effort, 58 how heartfelt or sincere, can 59 return them to your mouth. Choose your words well and 60 them most of all in the presence of those you love.”
41. A immediately | B. simply | C. necessarily | D. usually |
42. A. everything | B. nothing | C. something | D. anything |
43. A. taken back | B. taken up | C. taken down | D. taken out |
44. A. ruined | B. damaged | C. destroyed | D. hurt |
45. A. regret | B. remove | C. delay | D. lose |
46. A. condition | B. situation | C. affair | D. state |
47. A. worried | B. presented | C. sensed | D. discovered |
48. A. certainly | B. hardly | C. never | D. completely |
49. A. but | B. so | C. for | D. or |
50. A. account for | B. depend on | C. lead to | D. bring out |
51. A. window | B. door | C. doorstep | D. room |
52. A. sunset | B. dusk | C. sunrise | D. darkness |
53. A. night | B. cold | C. evening | D. shade |
54. A. research | B. return | C. replace | D. refill |
55. A. impossible | B. reasonable | C. important | D. strange |
56. A. sound | B. pillow | C. feather | D. leaf |
57. A. done | B. made | C. begun | D. spoken |
58. A. in spite of | B. regardless of | C. because of | D. worthy of |
59. A. even | B. ever | C. still | D. never |
60. A. guard | B. mind | C. talk | D. catcht |
41~45. ADADB 46~50. BCCAB 51~55. CCBDA 56~60. CDBBA