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      I hired a plumber(水管工)to help me restore an old farmhouse and he just finished a rough first day on the job：a    36    tire made him lose an hour of work，his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton track refused to  37  ．

          38   I drove him home．he sat in stony silence．  39   arriving，he invited me in to meet his  40    ．As we walked toward the front door，he paused briefly at a small   41   ，touching the tips of the branches with both    42   ．

        When   43   the door he passed through an amazing transformation．His brown face was in all smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his    44     a kiss．   45    he walked me to the car．We passed the tree and my    46    got the better of me．I asked him about what I had    47   him do earlier．

        “Oh，that my    48    tree，”he replied．“I know I can't help having troubles on the job，hut one thing's     49    ：those troubles don't   50   the house with my wife and the children．So I just hang them up on the tree    51   when I come home and ask God to   52   them．Then in the morning     53    them up again．”“And the    54   thing is，”he smiled，“when I come out in the morning to pick them up，there aren't    55   as many as I remember hanging up the night before．”

    36．A．smooth   

    B．broken   

    C．failed   

    D．flat

    37．A．begin   

    B．start   

    C．set      

    D．launch

    38．A．While   

    B．During   

    C．As soon as  

    D．Though

    39．A．In   

    B．For   

    C．On    

    D．At

    40．A．friends   

    B．parents   

    C．family 

    D．home

    41．A．room   

    B．tree   

    C．flower   

    D．wood

    42．A．arms   

    B．hands   

    C．fingers   

    D．feet

    43．A opening   

    B．closing   

    C．knocking  

    D．covering

    44．A．wife   

    B．daughter   

    C．son 

    D．baby

    45．A．Meanwhile   

    B．Afterwards   

    C．Previously  

    D．Consequently

    46．A．satisfaction   

    B．responsibility   

    C．occupation  

    D．curiosity

    47．A．heard   

    B．made    

    C．seen  

    D．let

    48．A．comfort   

    B．pain   

    C．suffering  

    D．trouble

    49．A．at length   

    B．for sure   

    C．at risk 

    D．straight away

    50．A．belong in   

    B．hold back   

    C．fit in

    D．bring to

    51．A．one day    

    B．every morning   

    C．one night

    D．every night

    52．A．take note of   

    B．take care of   

    C．look for  

    D．focus on

    53．A．pick   

    B．take   

    C．bring

    D．choose

    54．A．flexible   

    B．funny   

    C．casual  

    D．humorous

    55．A．almost   

    B．roughly   

    C．nearly  

    D．approximately

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