Question

Recently, my family and I attended a neighborhood oyster(牡蛎)roast. I was more than glad that many people _________together there.

While standing at the large tables_______and eating oysters, I noticed a school-aged boy across the_______from us who was being handed oysters by a _______. Obviously, the boy was having a great deal of _______and displeasure trying to _______them down.

At the beginning, I thought the man wanted the boy to _______the oysters and maybe after some time they would stop._______things were not what I had expected. As we stood there, it continued. With each oyster, the_______of this boy became more and more obvious as he ________tears, struggling to swallow them. I__________learned that the man felt the boy had been disrespectful and this was his________.

Seeing that, I stopped chatting and eating oysters and ________whether to get involved or walk away at first. But then I thought that if the boy were my own child, what should I do? Suddenly a good idea________me. I grabbed(抓住) my daughter and our Frisbee(飞盘)and made our way ________the man and the boy. We introduced ourselves, ________not to know many people there, and invited the boy to come and play Frisbee with us.

The man stared at us for a moment, and then ________it. Immediately the boy’s situation changed. He became ________ and talkative. We pulled another child into our group and played Frisbee for a good 30 minutes together.

It brought me much ________to end the suffering I was witnessing at the moment, and I was fully ________that trying to help in that or any situation where you see suffering is the best thing to do.

1.A. quarreled B. laughed C. gathered D. left

2.A. dancing B. chatting C. playing D. singing

3.A. table B. room C. chair D. desk

4.A. friend B. relative C. father D. man

5.A. fun B. convenience C. interest D. difficulty

6.A. swallow B. drink C. bring D. throw

7.A. smell B. test C. try D. avoid

8.A. Thus B. But C. So D. Indeed

9.A. excitement B. suffering C. eagerness D. skillfulness

10.A. fought back B. held on C. backed off D. slipped away

11.A. also B. just C. later D. already

12.A. award B. reward C. return D. punishment

13.A. chose B. expected C. hesitated D. prepared

14.A. beat B. struck C. defeated D. won

15.A. apart from B. by way of C. in the front of D. next to

16.A. pretending B. wishing C. deciding D. intending

17.A. allowed B. refused C. agreed D. thought

18.A. serious B. shy C. worried D. friendly

19.A. interest B. argument C. relief D. confusion

20.A. warned B. convinced C. reminded D. informed

Answer 1