Recently divorced and unemployed,I was on my way downtown to do the rounds of the employment offices.I had no umbrella,for my old one had ____,and I could not ____ another one.
I sat down in the ____ and there against my seat was a(n) ___ silk umbrella with a silver handle.I had ____ seen anything so lovely.I examined the handle and saw a carved ___.The usual procedure would have been to ____ the umbrella to the conductor,but an idea ____ to me.I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the bus in a downpour and ____ opened the umbrella to protect myself.Then I ____ a telephone book for the name on the umbrella.I called and a lady ____.
Yes,she said ____,that was her umbrella,which her parents,now dead,had given her as a birthday present.But,she ____,it had been stolen ____ her doorstep a month before.
She was so excited that I ____ I was looking for a job and went directly to her house.She took the umbrella,and her eyes were filled with ____.She wanted to give me a ____,but-though twenty dollars was all I had in the world-her happiness at regaining this ____ possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have ____ something.We talked for a while and I left.
A week later,I got a job as a sales manager ____.It might be my kindness that paid off.But who knows?
小题1: | A.broken up | B.gone away | C.fallen apart | D.faded away |
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小题2: | A.afford | B.borrow | C.find | D.repair |
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小题3: | A.office | B.bus | C.theater | D.train |
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小题4: | A.ugly | B.beautiful | C.worn | D.ancient |
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小题5: | A.even | B.always | C.already | D.never |
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小题6: | A.design | B.number | C.name | D.brand |
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小题7: | A.turn in | B.show off | C.open up | D.carry away |
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小题8: | A.occurred | B.ran | C.struck | D.happened |
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小题9: | A.firmly | B.suddenly | C.casually | D.thankfully |
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小题10: | A.read | B.searched | C.got | D.used |
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小题11: | A.appeared | B.replied | C.answered | D.screamed |
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小题12: | A.in surprise | B.in panic | C.in silence | D.in anger |
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小题13: | A.assumed | B.added | C.declared | D.announced |
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小题15: | A.mentioned | B.forgot | C.realized | D.remembered |
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小题16: | A.memory | B.honor | C.tears | D.thanks |
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小题17: | A.gift | B.position | C.hug | D.reward |
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小题18: | A.expensive | B.common | C.rare | D.special |
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小题19: | A.bought | B.ruined | C.expressed | D.enjoyed |
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小题20: | A.immediately | B.naturally | C.hopefully | D.unexpectedly |
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