Question

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady came in and asked, “You don’t 1 the house any more?” He kept silent and she 2 shook her head.
The landlady began 3 the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have 4 my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent it to others?”
She began looking around her 5room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply 6 to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for 7 you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”
This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other 8 At that time, she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the 9 once she entered the room, staring at the whole 10and feeling terribly upset. Then he began 11 more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which 12 his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to 13 their wedding photo frame.
The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were14, the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were 15 nonstop through these holes.
　　She 16 to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house 17 we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.
She 18realized that marriage was like a wall and that all 19 and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.20, when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      like
   2. B.
      clean
   3. C.
      rent
   4. D.
      keep
2. 2.
   1. A.
      simply
   2. B.
      barely
   3. C.
      coldly
   4. D.
      proudly
3. 3.
   1. A.
      observing
   2. B.
      examining
   3. C.
      watching
   4. D.
      spotting
4. 4.
   1. A.
      shared
   2. B.
      ruined
   3. C.
      kept
   4. D.
      decorated
5. 5.
   1. A.
      familiar
   2. B.
      dirty
   3. C.
      empty
   4. D.
      bright
6. 6.
   1. A.
      devoted
   2. B.
      attached
   3. C.
      optimistic
   4. D.
      guilty
7. 7.
   1. A.
      leaving
   2. B.
      having
   3. C.
      asking
   4. D.
      getting
8. 8.
   1. A.
      clothes
   2. B.
      pictures
   3. C.
      umbrellas
   4. D.
      hats
9. 9.
   1. A.
      floor
   2. B.
      wall
   3. C.
      ceiling
   4. D.
      door
10. 10.
    1. A.
       trouble
    2. B.
       mess
    3. C.
       confusion
    4. D.
       order
11. 11.
    1. A.
       putting
    2. B.
       striking
    3. C.
       driving
    4. D.
       beating
12. 12.
    1. A.
       hung
    2. B.
       fastened
    3. C.
       dropped
    4. D.
       swung
13. 13.
    1. A.
       connect
    2. B.
       fix
    3. C.
       hang
    4. D.
       put
14. 14.
    1. A.
       replaced
    2. B.
       separated
    3. C.
       unfastened
    4. D.
       removed
15. 15.
    1. A.
       crying
    2. B.
       aching
    3. C.
       bleeding
    4. D.
       disturbing
16. 16.
    1. A.
       jumped
    2. B.
       held
    3. C.
       stuck
    4. D.
       got
17. 17.
    1. A.
       if
    2. B.
       unless
    3. C.
       as
    4. D.
       until
18. 18.
    1. A.
       especially
    2. B.
       eventually
    3. C.
       fortunately
    4. D.
       sadly
19. 19.
    1. A.
       chaos
    2. B.
       troubles
    3. C.
       quarrels
    4. D.
       challenges
20. 20.
    1. A.
       Therefore
    2. B.
       Besides
    3. C.
       Thus
    4. D.
       However

Answer 1

CABBA DBCAB CABDC ADBCD
1.C 用前面的landlady 或47前（We will rent the house   47  ）可看出是rent ， 句意为“两人正无声地坐着时， 房东进来问“你们不在租房了吗？””
2.A  句意为“他不说话， 她也只是摇摇头。”simply 只， 仅仅  barely 赤裸裸地
3.B  observe 观察   examine 检查     watch 观看    spot认出
“房东开始检查房子”
4.B 从后面的full of nails， 可看出是摧毁ruined
5.A “她开始看她熟悉的房子”familiar  熟悉的  dirty 脏的   empty  空的     bright 明亮的。 根据后面看出用familiar
6.D “他对她感到内疚”devoted 忠爱的    attached 附加的，附属的     optimistic 乐观的   guilty内疚的
7.B  have sb do “让某人一直做某事”“我非常抱歉让你一直住这么小的房子”
8.C 从后面（such as her bag and umbrella ）可看出是umbrellas
9.A  on the floor “地板上”句意为“她把所有的东西仍到地板上， 比如书包和雨伞”
10.B “盯着这一团糟， 感到非常生气”mess “乱七八糟”
11.C  drive the nail into the wall “把钉子钉到墙上”
12.A “左边有三个钉子， 挂着他的衣服”hang “悬挂”
13.B “右边的四个用来固定他们的结婚镜框”fix “固定”
14.D “钉子被拔走，墙上剩下不计其数的洞”be removed “被移走”
15.C “突然， 她感到心碎了， 好像她的血不停地从洞里流出。”bleed “血”
16.A “她跳起来， 大喊，“别拔了””jump 跳
17.D “我们租房子直到我们买了新房”
18.B especially 尤其地 eventually 最终    fortunately幸运地   sadly伤心地 “她最终明白了，婚姻就像墙一样”
19.C “争吵和冷战就像墙上的钉子”quarrel争吵
20.D 转折， “然而， 当被拔走时，只剩下满是洞的墙”