Question

Home, sweet home

It was December 22.The bitter wind swept the countless snowflakes across my front yard. My dad was sweeping the_21_____. His nose was red as a cherry. With every breath he took, a white puff__22_______into the air.

    Inside, my mother was_23______ the last of the boxes. As I entered the front door, the __24_____ that after today I wouldn’t enter through that door ever again_25______ a hole in my stomach. I picked up my dog and sat Indian style with him in my lap on the_26_____, wooden floor. I had no 27______but to sit on the floor , for there was no longer any furniture occupying my house. I sat there in a daze（恍惚） , just 28______. There was no reason for my s to make me ,a once _29_____12- year- old kid ,_30_____.I had two best friends right across the street; I did well in school and I always kept my room clean._31_____, this was” my house” . By no means did I want a couple of _32___ living there .These  recurring（重复） thoughts_33_____ around in my mind and I couldn’t find an answer.

Out of the front window I could see the orange top of a truck pulling in the cleaned driveway and I knew it was the other U- Haul. Instantly three men came__34____ in the back door like the third World War was starting .

    I watched__35_____ as the men ,my mother and my dad loaded the truck .My dog even winced（畏缩） as he stared out of the window .I wondered if he was_36______, too, or if he just wished to play outside in the snow,

My mum came in , looking solemn（凝重） for my sake ,I imagined . She turned_37____ the overhead light, put the_38_______ in my arm and took me out of the back door. A totally __39____feeling filled my heart. For the first time in my life, I wondered what_40______ would be to me tomorrow.

 

21. A. stairs	B. garden	C. sidewalk	D. driveway
22. A. escaped	B. flew	C. rose	D. flowed
23. A. piling	B. packing	C. collecting	D. locking
24. A. idea	B. dream	C. thought	D. worry
25 A. cut	B. burned	C. shot	D. made
26 A. cold	B. wet	C. broken	D. messy
27. A. choice	B. way	C. solution	D. means
28 A. dreaming	B. thinking	C. staring	D crying
29. A. diligent	B. clever	C. happy	D. honest
30 A. remain	B. cry	C. suffer	D. move
31. A. However	B. Besides	C. Therefore	D. Yet
32. A. neighbors	B. strangers	C. visitors	D. elders
33. A. came	B. traveled	C. danced	D. flowed
34. A. running	B. laughing	C. talking	D. whistling
35. A. curiously	B. motionlessly	C. carefully	D. helplessly
36. A afraid	B. angry	C. sad	D. lonely
37. A. down	B. off	C. on	D. up
38  A. box	B. dog	C. bag	D. hand
39. A. excited	B. eager	C. empty	D. mixed
40. A. life	B. school	C. home	D. world

Answer 1

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