A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.

“I don’t understand,” he said. His mum just hugged him and said, “You  36 will.”

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does my mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,”  37  so much could his dad say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still  38  why women cry.  39  he gave a call to God, and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so  40 ?”

God said, “When I made the woman she had to be  41 . I made her shoulders 42 enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give  43 .”

“I made her  44 childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else  45 , and to take care of her family in spite of sickness and fatigue (劳累) without  46 . I gave her the sensitivity to  47 her children under any and all circumstances,  48  her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her wisdom to carry her husband through his 49 . I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never  50 his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him  51 . And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. She can use it whenever it is needed.”

“You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the  52 she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she  53 her hair. The  54 of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart and the place where love  55 .”

1.                A．surely          B．never          C．probably D．seldom

 

2.                A．only           B．even           C．almost    D．hardly

 

3.                A．hoping         B．knowing        C．wondering    D．expecting

 

4.                A．Actually        B．Generally       C．Luckily   D．Finally

 

5.                A．easily          B．rarely          C．simply    D．excitedly

 

6.                A．clever          B．beautiful        C．special   D．ordinary

 

7.                A．thick           B．fat             C．wide     D．strong

 

8.                A．sympathy       B．comfort         C．kindness D．mercy

 

9.                A．stand          B．load            C．accept   D．burden

 

10.               A．gives in         B．gives away      C．gives up   D．gives out

 

11.               A．difficulty        B．danger         C．rest  D．complaining

 

12.               A．control         B．love           C．respect   D．satisfy

 

13.               A．even if         B．in case         C．so that    D．as though

 

14.               A．disagreements   B．misunderstandings    C．faults D．quarrels

 

15.               A．minds          B．helps          C．refuses    D．hurts

 

16.               A．nervously       B．tiredly          C．determinedly   D．unselfishly

 

17.               A．clothes         B．smile          C．hair D．glasses

 

18.               A．washes         B．dyes           C．cuts D．combs

 

19.               A．figure          B．intelligence     C．beauty    D．appearance

 

20.               A．hides          B．lives           C．stores     D．comes