Recently divorced(离婚), I had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices despite the great 36 . My old umbrella was broken, and I could not 37 another one.
I sat down in the streetcar — and there against the seat was a beautiful silk 38 with a silver handle inlaid (镶嵌) with gold. I had 39 seen anything so lovely.
I 40 the handle and saw a 41 . I got off the streetcar and 42 opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a 43 book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.
Yes, she said in 44 , that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present. 45 , she added, it had been stolen at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.
She was so excited that I 46 I was 47 a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella, her 48 filled with tears.
I refused the 49 she gave me. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I don’t remember.
The next six months were 50 . I was able to obtain 51 here and there. l reached the lowest point in my 52 . Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless, jobless.
Christmas Eve came. No money to buy my daughter a gift. I was sobbing (抽泣) in the cold little kitchen 53 the doorbell rang and my daughter Peggy ran to answer it. He was a postman, and his arms were 54 of parcels. “This is a mistake” I said, but he read the name on the parcels and there were for me.
Peggy and I sat on the floor and opened them. I looked for the name of the sender. It was the teacher. The address was 55 “California”, where she had moved.
| 【小题1】 | | A．cloud | B．rain | C．wind | D．snow |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．search | B．catch | C．afford | D．sell |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．raincoat | B．seat | C．book | D．umbrella |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．never | B．ever | C．almost | D．nearly |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．concluded | B．examined | C．learned | D．helped |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．name | B．address | C．card | D．demand |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．deliberately | B．specially | C．sadly | D．thankfully |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．technology | B．engine | C．telephone | D．medicine |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．anger | B．surprise | C．danger | D．sorrow |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．forgot | B．remembered | C．indicated | D．decided |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．applied for | B．watching for | C．asking for | D．looking for |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．face | B．nose | C．eyes | D．ear |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．reward | B．prize | C．present | D．umbrella |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．freezing | B．surprising | C．shocking | D．struggling |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．failures | B．successes | C．jobs | D．wages |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．heart | B．favor | C．work | D．life |
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| 【小题18】 | | A．as | B．while | C．when | D．then |
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| 【小题19】 | | A．proud | B．full | C．careful | D．glad |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．simply | B．directly | C．finally | D．nearly |
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