It happened to a very young pastor (牧师).His church was very old and what's worse, a storm knocked a hole in the wall of the church.
One day the pastor1_____an auction(拍卖）and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars. Hecarried the cloth back to the church and put it up on the wall. It completely hid the 2_____!
Just before noon of Christmas Eve, the pastor noticed a woman standing in the cold at the bus stop. “The 3 _____won’t be here for 40 minutes!” he called, and he invited her into the church to get 4_____ .She told him that she had come from the city to be interviewed for ajob as governess to the children of one wealthy family in town but she had been turned down.
The woman saw the tablecloth and rose suddenly. The pastor smiled and started to tell her about the storm 5_____, but she didn’tseem to 6_____“It is mine!” she said. “My husband had the cloth made 7_____ for mc !
She explained that she and her husband decided to go separately in the War II. They planned that he would 8_____ her. But she never saw him again. Later she heard that he had died. The pastor tried to 9_____ her, advising her to take the cloth with her. She 10_____ . Then she went away.
On Christmas Eve, after the service in church, one middle-aged man—the local clock-and-watch repairman—looked rather 11_____.‘‘It is strange，”he said in his soft accent.
^“ Many years ago, my wife and I owned such a cloth.
The pastor suddenly became very 12_____ . He told him about the woman who had been in church 13_____ in the day.Together the two got in touch with the 14_____ who had interviewed her. And this man and his wife -who had been separated through so many saddened 15_____were reunited.

It happened to a very young pastor (牧师).His church was very old and what's worse, a storm knocked a hole in the wall of the church.

One day the pastor1_____an auction(拍卖）and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars. Hecarried the cloth back to the church and put it up on the wall. It completely hid the 2_____!

Just before noon of Christmas Eve, the pastor noticed a woman standing in the cold at the bus stop. “The 3 _____won’t be here for 40 minutes!” he called, and he invited her into the church to get 4_____ .She told him that she had come from the city to be interviewed for ajob as governess to the children of one wealthy family in town but she had been turned down.

The woman saw the tablecloth and rose suddenly. The pastor smiled and started to tell her about the storm 5_____, but she didn’tseem to 6_____“It is mine!” she said. “My husband had the cloth made 7_____ for mc !

She explained that she and her husband decided to go separately in the War II. They planned that he would 8_____ her. But she never saw him again. Later she heard that he had died. The pastor tried to 9_____ her, advising her to take the cloth with her. She 10_____ . Then she went away.

On Christmas Eve, after the service in church, one middle-aged man—the local clock-and-watch repairman—looked rather 11_____.‘‘It is strange，”he said in his soft accent.

^“ Many years ago, my wife and I owned such a cloth.

The pastor suddenly became very 12_____ . He told him about the woman who had been in church 13_____ in the day.Together the two got in touch with the 14_____ who had interviewed her. And this man and his wife -who had been separated through so many saddened 15_____were reunited.

1.                A．had            B． attended       C． held D． took

2.                A．wall           B． church        C． hole D． table

3.                A．boss           B． company       C． train    D． bus

4.                A．warm          B． ready         C． cool D． calm

5.                A．damage        B． story          C． fact D． truth

6.                A．work           B． believe        C． listen    D． understand

7.                A．carefully        B． attentively      C． finally   D． especially

8.                A．join            B． write          C． bring    D． leave

9.                A．amuse         B． comfort        C． please   D． help

10.               A．cried          B． accepted      C． refused  D． continued

11.               A．puzz led        B． delighted      C． determined   D． disappionted

12.               A．sad            B． shocked       C． hopeful  D． excited

13.               A．later           B． earlier        C． warmer  D． colder

14.               A．woman         B． manager       C． husband  D． family

15.               A．weeks         B． countries      C． Christmases   D． centuries

It happened to a very young pastor (牧师).His church was very old and what's worse, a storm knocked a hole in the wall of the church.
One day the pastor1an auction(拍卖）and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars. Hecarried the cloth back to the church and put it up on the wall. It completely hid the 2!
Just before noon of Christmas Eve, the pastor noticed a woman standing in the cold at the bus stop. “The 3 3won’t be here for 40 minutes!” he called, and he invited her into the church to get 4 .She told him that she had come from the city to be interviewed for ajob as governess to the children of one wealthy family in town but she had been turned down.
The woman saw the tablecloth and rose suddenly. The pastor smiled and started to tell her about the storm 5, but she didn’tseem to 6“It is mine!” she said. “My husband had the cloth made 7 for mc !
She explained that she and her husband decided to go separately in the War II. They planned that he would 8 her. But she never saw him again. Later she heard that he had died. The pastor tried to 9 her, advising her to take the cloth with her. She 10 . Then she went away.
On Christmas Eve, after the service in church, one middle-aged man—the local clock-and-watch repairman—looked rather 11.‘‘It is strange，”he said in his soft accent.
^“ Many years ago, my wife and I owned such a cloth.
The pastor suddenly became very 12 . He told him about the woman who had been in church 13 in the day.Together the two got in touch with the 14 who had interviewed her. And this man and his wife -who had been separated through so many saddened 15were reunited.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      had
   2. B.
      attended
   3. C.
      held
   4. D.
      took
2. 2.
   1. A.
      wall
   2. B.
      church
   3. C.
      hole
   4. D.
      table
3. 3.
   1. A.
      boss
   2. B.
      company
   3. C.
      train
   4. D.
      bus
4. 4.
   1. A.
      warm
   2. B.
      ready
   3. C.
      cool
   4. D.
      calm
5. 5.
   1. A.
      damage
   2. B.
      story
   3. C.
      fact
   4. D.
      truth
6. 6.
   1. A.
      work
   2. B.
      believe
   3. C.
      listen
   4. D.
      understand
7. 7.
   1. A.
      carefully
   2. B.
      attentively
   3. C.
      finally
   4. D.
      especially
8. 8.
   1. A.
      join
   2. B.
      write
   3. C.
      bring
   4. D.
      leave
9. 9.
   1. A.
      amuse
   2. B.
      comfort
   3. C.
      please
   4. D.
      help
10. 10.
    1. A.
       cried
    2. B.
       accepted
    3. C.
       refused
    4. D.
       continued
11. 11.
    1. A.
       puzz led
    2. B.
       delighted
    3. C.
       determined
    4. D.
       disappionted
12. 12.
    1. A.
       sad
    2. B.
       shocked
    3. C.
       hopeful
    4. D.
       excited
13. 13.
    1. A.
       later
    2. B.
       earlier
    3. C.
       warmer
    4. D.
       colder
14. 14.
    1. A.
       woman
    2. B.
       manager
    3. C.
       husband
    4. D.
       family
15. 15.
    1. A.
       weeks
    2. B.
       countries
    3. C.
       Christmases
    4. D.
       centuries

One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety. In fact, this uninvited guest was a bird--- a(n) __1__, to be more precise(精确地).
“What’s that?” I asked when I first heard the thump(重击声). “It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball,” my wife, Anita, said. She paused and __2__ more devotedly. “It’s coming from the __3__.” she said. “Maybe it’s one of the little __4__”.
We rushed out the door. Jonathan, our youngest, was easy to make __5__. “If he’s making holes in the wall again…” I said as I searched there. No children at all. But there was that __6_ again, coming from right up there.
And that’s when I __7__ the sparrow. It was flying __8__ just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly trying to __9__, but couldn’t see that the way out wasn’t up, but down and out through the open _10__. So the bird continued beating its wings and hitting its head against the __11__.
“Poor thing,” Anita said. “It must be __12__.”
“Well, maybe it’s because of me,” I said as I moved toward it. I tried to show the bird how to glide (滑翔) down a few feet so it could get outside, __13__ that only seemed to frighten it more.
“Why don’t we just __14__?” Anita suggested. “I’m sure he’ll __15__ eventually.”
So we went back into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing struggle. Then suddenly, it was __16__. We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was __17__.
“See?” Anita said. “I told you he would make it.”
“Yeah,” I said. “But how many knocks on the head did it __18__ him?”
I’ve thought about that little sparrow through the years. Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations we don’t know how to __19__. Born to go upward, we don’t __20__ consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping(拍打) around and just glide down a little bit.