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　　Mrs. Mathews lived in a small town where there was one jeweler's shop. It also took in watch repairs, although it had to 1 them off to London for the work to be done, as there was not enough 2 for an expert watch repairer.

　　When Mrs. Mathews's old father died, she inherited(继承) his gold watch, which had 3 to his father and grandfather before him. It was big and heavy and worth a lot of money, but it was 4 , so Mrs. Mathews took it to be repaired.

　　The man in the jeweler's shop was very interested to see such an 5 watch, and when he had examined its 6 , he said he could certainly have it repaired for her. “It'll 7 a long time once that's been done,” he said. He wrote out a 8 and gave it to Mrs. Mathews saying, “Please bring this when you come to pick up the watch. But it might take a bit of time, because it isn't a 9 watch.”

　　But Mrs. Mathews had a lot of things to 10 with after her father died. The 11 was that she completely forgot about the watch that she had taken in for repair, and about the 12 for it, which she had put away in a drawer to keep it safe.

　　Then, while she was looking 13 some old drawer one day, she found the ticket for the watch repair.

　　“What's this?” she said to herself．“A ticket for a watch repair? Who took a watch in to be repaired? And why didn't they give this ticket in when they want to pick it up?”

　　She thought back, and suddenly she 14 . “My father's gold watch!” she thought. “Didn't I pick it up? When did I take it in?” She looked at the ticket again.

“How old is this ticket?” she said to herself．It was five years old. Mrs. Mathews had heard that shops could sell things that people had 15 with them if they didn't pick them up and 16 for them before a certain time. “But the watch might still be there,” she thought．“I'll go and see 17 I can get it back. It might have been sold, but I hope not.”

　　She took the ticket to the jeweler's the next time she went out shopping, and the 18 looked at it and then went to look for the watch 19 saying a word.

　　“That's good,” Mrs. Mathews thought. “He didn't seem to mind about the date.”

　　The man came back after a few minutes and said, “It won't be 20 until Friday.”

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I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national, protesting about a projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, the route was nowhere near where she lived and it wasn’t as if the area was attractive. I was more than puzzled, I was curious.

The enquiry into the route of the new by-pass to the village was due to take place shortly, and I wanted to know what it was that motivated her. So it was that I found myself knocking on a cottage door, being received by Mary Smith and then being taken for a walk to the woods.

“I’ve always loved this place,” she said, “it has a lot of memories for me, and for others. We all used it. They called it ‘Lovers lane’. It’s not much of a lane, and it doesn’t go anywhere important, but that’s why we all came here. To be away from people, to be by ourselves. ” she added.

It was indeed pleasant that day and the songs of many birds could be heard. Squirrels watched from the branches, quite bold in their movements, obviously few people passed this way and they had nothing to fear. I could imagine the noise of vehicles passing through these peaceful woods when the by-pass was built, so I felt that she probably had something there but as I hold strong opinions about the needs of the community over-riding the opinions of private individuals, I said nothing. The village was quite a dangerous place because of the traffic especially for old people and children, their safety was more important to me than an old woman’s strange ideas.

“Take this tree,” she said pausing after a short while. “To you it is just that, a tree. Not unlike many others here.” She gently touched the bark, “Look here, under this branch, what can you see?”

“It looks as if someone has done a bit of carving with a knife.” I said after a cursory inspection.

“Yes, that’s what it is!” she said softly.

She went on, “He had a penknife with a spike for getting stones from a horse's hoof, and I helped him to carve them. We were very much in love, but he was going away, and could not tell me what he was involved in the army. I had guessed of course. It was the last evening we ever spent together, because he went away the next day, back to his Unit.”

Mary Smith was quiet for a while, then she sobbed. “His mother showed me the telegram. ‘Sergeant R Holmes …Killed in action in the invasion of France.’…”

“I had hoped that you and Robin would one day get married.” she said, “He was my only child, and I would have loved to be a Granny, they would have been such lovely babies’- she was like that! ”

“Two years later she too was dead. ‘Pneumonia (肺炎), following a chill on the chest’ was what the doctor said, but I think it was an old fashioned broken heart. A child would have helped both of us.”

There was a further pause. Mary Smith gently caressed the wounded tree, just as she would have caressed him. “And now they want to take our tree away from me.” Another quiet sob, then she turned to me. “I was young and pretty then, I could have had anybody, I wasn’t always the old woman you see here now. I had everything I wanted in life, a lovely man, health and a future to look forward to.”

She paused again and looked around. The breeze gently moved through the leaves with a sighing sound. “There were others, of course, but no one can match my Robin!” she said strongly. “And now I have nothing - except the memories this tree holds. If only I could get my hands on that awful man who writes in the paper about the value of the road they are going to build where we are standing now, I would tell him. Has he never loved, has he never lived, does he not know anything about memories? We were not the only ones, you know, I still meet some who came here as Robin and I did. Yes, I would tell him!”

I turned away, sick at heart.

63. The main purpose of this passage is to ________.

A. draw attention to the damage that wars cause

B. persuade people to give up private interest

C. arouse the awareness of being environmentally friendly

D. introduce a touching but sad love story

64. The underlined sentence “I felt that she probably had something there” means ________.

A. I thought there might be something hidden in the woods by Mary Smith

B. I guessed there might be a story related with Mary Smith

C. I thought there might be some reason for Mary Smith’s protest

D. I guessed there might be a secret purpose of Mary Smith.

65. What was probably the carving on the wounded tree?

A. Their names and a heart with a sign of arrow through it.

B. Their wish that this place and tree would last long.

C. The date when Robin Holmes would leave for army.

D. Their protest against the war which tore them apart.