The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to

16　 an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to

rain．The rain had not stopped l7 the bus arrived at the market half an hour later．Mrs Grant

stood up and absent—mindedly(心不在焉地)picked up the umbrella that was l8 on the

seat in front of her.

A cold voice said loudly，“That is mine，Madam!”

Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella，Mrs Grant felt 19

for what she had done，trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant 20　

the owner of the umbrella was giving her．

When she got off the bus，Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an

umbrella．She found a pretty one and bought it .Then she 21 to buy another as a present

for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her 22 and had lunch in a restaurant.

　 In the afternoon she got on the homeward (回家的)bus with the two umbrellas under

her arm, and sat down. Then she 23 that, by a curious coincidence(巧台)，she was

sitting next to the woman who had made her feel 24 that morning.

　　 That woman now looked at her，and then at the umbrellas. “You’ve had quite a good

25 ,” she said.

16. A. keep　　 B. bring　　 C. take　　 D. leave

17. A. before　 B. until　　 C. though D. when

18. A. hanging　 B. appearing C. dropping　 D. losing

19. A. angry　　 B. sorry　　 C. lucky　 D. glad

20. A. reply　 B．call　　　 C. suggestion D. look

21. A．promised B. decided C. agreed D. remembered

22.A.hiking　 B. shopping　 C. trying D. searching

23.A.meant　 B. explained　 C. saw　 D. forgot

24. A .jealous　 B. bored　　 C. satisfied D. uncomfortable

25.A.day　　　 B. meal　　 C .Journey D. present