Question

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.   1   man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only   2  . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

They talked for hours   3  . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he   4   pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The other man felt his world would be   5   and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.

The window overlooked a   6   with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children   7   their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the   8  .

As the man by the window described all this in delicate   9  , the other man would close his eyes and   10   the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade   11  .   12   the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with   13   words.     

Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the nurse arrived,   14   to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.

The other man asked to be   15  next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside.   16 , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.

He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have   17   his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse   18   that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to   19   you."

Shared grief is half the sorrow,   20   happiness when shared, is doubled.

1. A. The one                             B. One                         C. Another                   D. This

2. A. entrance                      B. exit                         C. passage                   D. window

3. A. on end                        B. in vain                      C. at ease                     D. after all

4. A. would                         B. should                     C. might                      D. could

5. A. shortened                   B. deepened                 C. broadened                D. sharpened

6. A. courtyard                    B. market                            C. wood                             D. park

7. A. flew                           B. designed                  C. sailed                             D. swapped 

8. A. distance                             B. way                        C. process                   D. course

9. A. effect                          B. particular                  C. detail                       D. relief

10. A. expose                     B. imagine                    C. realize                      D. spot

11. A. passing away             B. passing by                      C. passing down           D. passing out

12. A. Because                    B. As                        C. Once                       D. Although

13. A. descriptive                 B. productive               C. sensitive                  D. tentative

14. A. strangely                   B. surprisingly              C. sceptically                      D. only

15. A. substituted                 B. offered                    C. switched                 D. organized

16. A. Willingly                    B. Finally                     C. Generously              D. Occasionally

17. A. sacrificed                  B. referred                   C. motivated                D. intended

18. A. responded                 B. respected                 C. requested                 D. resisted

19. A. recover                     B. defend                     C. observe                   D. encourage

20. A. or                             B. but                          C. so                           D. and

Answer 1

1-5 BDAAC     6-10 DCACB     11-15 BDADC     16-20 BCADB