摘要:This book contains fifty short stories, including the one I told just now.

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   With a heavy heart Sally arrived early on the morning of the auction(拍卖). It was almost a year since her dear grandmother had passed away in this house at the age of ninety-two. ___1___ the family business had failed and left them with heavy debts. So the bank had __2___ the family to have an auction sale to repay their debts.

___3y debts. So the bank had __33____ the past several weeks, she had managed to save $ 100 in order to bid on the ___4___. Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the ___5___ moment had arrived. Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had ___6___, some from far away.

    As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt. She held her___7___ tightly and listened. The first bid was $ 50. She was ___8___. It was so high! Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding ___9___ $ 85.  Sally cried out “$100!” For a moment there was silence. Hope ___10___ her. She glanced again at the quilt, thinking how __11__ her grandmother would have been with her ___12___.

    Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$ 125!” She had lost her ___13___. Suddenly she couldn’t help wondering why so many people ___14___be interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt. The quilt was sold for $ 500 to a complete ___15___.

    After the sale, she went to the count to pay for the few items that were now hers. The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt. “There must be some ___16___. Someone else got it.” She said. A hand-written ___17___ was pinned to the quilt, which read:

Dear Madam,

I noticed you ___18___ the quilt. Clearly, it was ___19___ to you. Please accept this quilt as my gift. I don’t expect repayment from you, but do a similar favor in the future for a stranger who ___20___ to cross your path.

1.    A     Naturally     B.     Unfortunately    C.     Luckily     D.     Strangely

2.    A     forbidden     B.     waited     C.     expected     D.     forced

3.    A     With     B.    At     C.    By     D.    Over

4.    A     house     B.     pillow C.     furniture     D.    quilt

5.    A     strange     B.     necessary     C.    big     D.     curious

6.    A     turned out     B.     turned up     C.     turned back     D.     turned on

7.    A     picture     B.    book     C.    purse     D.    quilt

8.    A     shocked     B.     worried     C.    calm     D.     excited

9.    A.    rose     B.     reached     C.     climbed     D.    won

10.  A.    told     B.     helped     C.    filled     D.    gave

11.   A.     pleased     B.     anxious     C.    angry     D.     familiar

12.  A.    at this moment    B.     ever since     C.    long before     D.     soon after

13.  A.     chance     B.     method     C.     thought     D.     fortune

14.  A.    could     B.    might     C.    must     D.     would

15.  A.     relative     B.     customer     C.    friend     D.     stranger

16.  A.     mistake     B.    fun     C.     secret D.     reason

17.  A.     check B.     wallet C.     address     D.    note

18.  A.     holding     B.     touching     C.     watching     D.     admiring

19   A.     wonderful     B.     precious     C.    pretty     D.     various

20.  A.    used     B.    stops     C.     comes     D.     happens

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   With a heavy heart Sally arrived early on the morning of the auction(拍卖). It was almost a year since her dear grandmother had passed away in this house at the age of ninety-two. ___1___ the family business had failed and left them with heavy debts. So the bank had __2___ the family to have an auction sale to repay their debts.

___3y debts. So the bank had __33____ the past several weeks, she had managed to save $ 100 in order to bid on the ___4___. Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the ___5___ moment had arrived. Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had ___6___, some from far away.

    As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt. She held her___7___ tightly and listened. The first bid was $ 50. She was ___8___. It was so high! Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding ___9___ $ 85.  Sally cried out “$100!” For a moment there was silence. Hope ___10___ her. She glanced again at the quilt, thinking how __11__ her grandmother would have been with her ___12___.

    Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$ 125!” She had lost her ___13___. Suddenly she couldn’t help wondering why so many people ___14___be interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt. The quilt was sold for $ 500 to a complete ___15___.

    After the sale, she went to the count to pay for the few items that were now hers. The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt. “There must be some ___16___. Someone else got it.” She said. A hand-written ___17___ was pinned to the quilt, which read:

Dear Madam,

I noticed you ___18___ the quilt. Clearly, it was ___19___ to you. Please accept this quilt as my gift. I don’t expect repayment from you, but do a similar favor in the future for a stranger who ___20___ to cross your path.

1.    A     Naturally     B.     Unfortunately    C.     Luckily     D.     Strangely

2.    A     forbidden     B.     waited     C.     expected     D.     forced

3.    A     With     B.    At     C.    By     D.    Over

4.    A     house     B.     pillow C.     furniture     D.    quilt

5.    A     strange     B.     necessary     C.    big     D.     curious

6.    A     turned out     B.     turned up     C.     turned back     D.     turned on

7.    A     picture     B.    book     C.    purse     D.    quilt

8.    A     shocked     B.     worried     C.    calm     D.     excited

9.    A.    rose     B.     reached     C.     climbed     D.    won

10.  A.    told     B.     helped     C.    filled     D.    gave

11.   A.     pleased     B.     anxious     C.    angry     D.&nbstp;    familiar

12.  A.    at this moment    B.     ever since     C.    long before     D.     soon after

13.  A.     chance     B.     method     C.     thought     D.     fortune

14.  A.    could     B.    might     C.    must     D.     would

15.  A.     relative     B.     customer     C.    friend     D.     stranger

16.  A.     mistake     B.    fun     C.     secret D.     reason

17.  A.     check B.     wallet C.     address     D.    note

18.  A.     holding     B.     touching     C.     watching     D.     admiring

19   A.     wonderful     B.     precious     C.    pretty     D.     various

20.  A.    used     B.    stops     C.     comes     D.     happens

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