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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 1 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 2 in good health, or 3 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 4 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 5 the title. Therefore, the scissors（剪刀）would
6 before they start, 7 halfway done when I find out the 8 result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 9 . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 10 up. But you know the future is unpredictable（不可预料）—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 11 . Thus you are 12 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 13 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 14 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 15 is like: we are often 16 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 17 we get into another. The 18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 19 remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual（不经意） 20 may not be a bad one.
1．A．front B．same C．either D．opposite
2．A．get B．keep C．lead D．bring
3．A．advice B．news C．a theory D．a report
4．A．suffer B．reduce C．prevent D．cause
5．A．on B．for C．without D．off
6．A．use B．handle C．prepare D．stay
7．A．or B．but C．so D．for
8．A．satisfying B．regretful C．surprising D．impossible
9．A．courage B．strength C．attention D．patience
10．A．given B．held C．made D．picked
11．A．near B．alone C．about D．behind
12．A．filled B．attracted C．caught D．struck
13．A．dares B．come C．deals D．does
14．A．improves B．changes C．progresses D．goes
15．A．study B．society C．nature D．life
16．A．faced B．supplied C．connected D．fixed
17．A．before B．after C．until D．as
18．A．following B．next C．above D．former
19．A．still B．also C．once D．almost
20．A．treatment B．action C．choice D．remark
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6 before they start, 7 halfway done when I find out the 8 result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 9 . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 10 up. But you know the future is unpredictable（不可预料）—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 11 . Thus you are 12 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 13 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 14 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 15 is like: we are often 16 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 17 we get into another. The 18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 19 remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual（不经意） 20 may not be a bad one.
1．A．front B．same C．either D．opposite
2．A．get B．keep C．lead D．bring
3．A．advice B．news C．a theory D．a report
4．A．suffer B．reduce C．prevent D．cause
5．A．on B．for C．without D．off
6．A．use B．handle C．prepare D．stay
7．A．or B．but C．so D．for
8．A．satisfying B．regretful C．surprising D．impossible
9．A．courage B．strength C．attention D．patience
10．A．given B．held C．made D．picked
11．A．near B．alone C．about D．behind
12．A．filled B．attracted C．caught D．struck
13．A．dares B．come C．deals D．does
14．A．improves B．changes C．progresses D．goes
15．A．study B．society C．nature D．life
16．A．faced B．supplied C．connected D．fixed
17．A．before B．after C．until D．as
18．A．following B．next C．above &nb sp;&n bsp; D．former
19．A．still B．also C．once D．almost
20．A．treatment B．action C．choice D．remark
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Twenty year ago, I drove a cab for a living. I met people whose lives amazed me made me ___(1)___ and weep. But none touched me more than a woman I ___(2)___ up late one August night.
I was responding to a call in a quiet part of town. When I arrived at 2: 30 am, the building was ___(3)____ except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and ___(4)____.
The door opened. A small, woman in her eighties ___(5)____ before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the ___(6)___, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked ___(7)____ toward the cab. She kept ____(8)____ me for my kindness.
When we got in the cab, she gave me a(n) __(9)____ and, asked,“Can you drive through downtown?”
For the next two hours, we drove _____(10)____ the city. She showed me the building where she had ____(11)___ worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived ___(12)____ they were newlyweds. She ____(13)___ me pull up in front of a house that had once been a ballroom where she had gone ____(14)____ as a girl. Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building and would sit _____(15)____ into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the day ___(16)____, we got to the address she had given me. It was a hospice（临终关怀医院）. Two orderlies came out to the cab as ___(17)___ as we pulled up. They must have been ____(18)___ her. I took the small suitcase to the door.
“You gave an old woman a little moment of __(19)______,”she said.“Thank you.”I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ___(20)____ of a life. I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought.