On the top of a tree which had lost all its other leaves．two still remained hanging from one branch：Ole and Trufa. For some reason unknown to them，Ole and Trufa had 36 all the rains and winds. But Ole and Trufa believed the answer 37 in the great love they bore one another. One leaf can do 38 for another when the wind blows，the rain pours, 39 ，Ole encouraged Trufa at every opportunity
At times during cold and stormy nights，Ole would 40 ：“My time has come，Trufa，but you hang on!”
“What for?” Trufa asked．“Without you，my life is 41 ．If you fall，I’11 fall with you.”
One day Just as Trufa spoke these words，what they two had 42 all these months happened-a wind came up and tore Ole 43 from the branch. Soon Ole disappeared from sight and Trufa was left all alone on the tree．
As long as it was still day, Trufa managed somehow to 44 her sorrow. But when it grew dark and cold, she 45 despair. Somehow she felt that the blame for all the leafy 46 was laid on the tree. Leaves fell, but the trunk stood tall, and 47 rooted in the wood. No wind, or rain could 48 it.
One night, Trufa dozed off. The next morning, to her 49 , she found that she was no longer 50 on the tree. The wind had blown her down while she was asleep. She 51 now that she wasn't just a leaf that 52 the wind, but that she was 53 of the universe.
Next to her lay Ole, and they 54 each other with a love they hadn't been aware of before. This wasn't a love that depended on chance, but a love as powerful and 55 as the universe itself.
36.A. suffered | B. survived | C. escaped | D. avoided37. |
A. resulted | B. brought | C. lay | D. came |
38. A. little | B. much | C. favor | D. few |
39. A. But | B. Still | C. Though | D. Otherwise |
40. A. complain | B. say | C. request | D. announce |
41. A. regretful | B. senseless | C. different | D. happy |
42, A. expected | B. intended | C, feared | D. imagined |
43. A. open | B. active | C. loose | D. alive |
44, A. appreciate | B. win | C. afford | D. bear |
45. A. stepped into | B. caught in | C. took in | D. sank into |
46. A. fortunes | B. changes | C. misfortunes | D. chances |
47. A. firmly | B. slightly | C. deeply | D. tightly |
48. A. upset | B. blow | C. touch | D. make |
49. A. delight | B. amazement | C. disappointment | D. satisfaction |
50. A. hanging | B. staying | C. leaving | D. sticking |
51. A. thought | B. remembered | C. considered | D. knew |
52. A. decided on | B. held on | C. concentrated on | D. depended on |
53. A. some | B. any | C. part | D. one |
54. A. presented | B. treated | C. provided | D. greeted |
55. A. pure | B. brief | C. permanent | D. free |