While I was waiting in line at a coffee shop earlier, a woman drove alongside the queue in a mobility scooter (踏板车). There was only a 41 space between the line of people and the tables, which she 42 to drive along. She drove over my foot and didn’t 43 saying nothing at all.
I got annoyed and expected she would have_44__, but then I just decided to _45_ it and got down to selecting which pastry (点心) to go with my coffee. The lady and I ended up sitting at adjacent (邻近的) tables. She was on the end of a row so that she could park her ___46 . After about half an hour, when she had _47__ her coffee, she got up and back onto her scooter. It __48_ start. She tried to turn the key several times 49 she telephoned the place she purchased it from.
An engineer __50_ within 5 minutes. The place must have been local. I couldn’t ___51 overhearing their conversation, and it turned out she had just _52 the scooter that morning. This was her very first outing in it. She felt really 53 about driving it. 54___ , she wasn’t used to its speed, nor its ___55 , and this combination made it quite 56___ to drive it through narrow gaps.
Suddenly, I felt 57 for the lady. It really didn’t 58 me at all that she’d driven over my foot. I had made an assumption, _59___, that a person doing that should apologize.
Next time you’re about to___60__ someone, pause for a second and remind yourself that people have judged you without knowing what was going on in your mind or your life.
41. A. private B. vast C. public D. narrow
42. A. attempted B. promised C. declined D. guaranteed
43. A. call back B. give up C. look back D. cheer up
44. A. ignored B. apologized C. explained D. forgiven
45. A. dismissed B. made C. deserved D. inspected
46. A. truck B. bike C. car D. scooter
47. A. poured B. finished C. ordered D. purchased
48. A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. wouldn’t D. mustn’t
49. A. so B. until C. unless D. before
50. A. broke in B. turned up C. ran away D. settled down
51. A. tolerate B. allow C. resist D. postpone
52. A. collected B. stolen C. fixed D. abandoned
53. A. concerned B. excited C. confident D. nervous
54. A. Doubtfully B. Certainly C. Fortunately D. Surprisingly
55. A. width B. length C. weight D. height
56. A. cool B. convenient C. stressful D. desperate
57. A. pleasure B. regret C. appreciation D. sympathy
58. A. strike B. bother C. satisfy D. motivate
59. A. otherwise B. therefore C. however D. besides
60. A. judge B. hug C. persuade D. tease
41— 45 D A C B A 46 __ 50 D B C D B 51__ 55 C A D B A 56__ 60 C D B C A
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 26 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 27 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 28 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 29 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there 30 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 31 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had 32 her. I was 33 and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it 34 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt 35 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen 36 , but it’s really there. Love is 37 .”
I listened carefully but I 38 her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly 39 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked 40 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 41 on the country road.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t 42 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” 43 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 44 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just 45 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
26. A. keep fit | B. rise early | C. earn money | D. collect money |
27. A. magic | B. romantic | C. fantastic | D. attractive |
28. A. simple | B. easy | C. relaxing | D. luxurious(奢侈) |
29. A. the question | B. question | C. reach | D. control |
30. A. feeling | B. love | C. quarrel | D. smile |
31. A. raised | B. shook | C. lifted | D. bowed |
32. A. hurt | B. injured | C. wounded | D. harmed |
33. A. in great surprise | B. in a great embarrassment | ||
C. with delight | D. in great astonishment | ||
34. A. happens | B. comes about | C. appears | D. occurs |
35. A. warm and soft | B. hot and hard | ||
C. thin and cool | D. strong and durable (耐用的) | ||
36. A. somewhere and sometime | B. anywhere or anytime | ||
C. more or less | D. everyhere and everywhere | ||
37. A. inside | B. outside | C. faraway | D. nearby |
38. A. could believe | B. couldn’t understand | ||
C. wouldn’t recognize | D. might know | ||
39. A. got sick | B. got stuck | C. threw up | D. became disabled |
40. A. quite healthy | B. very pale | C. fairly red | D. much surprised |
41. A. jump high | B. go hurriedly | C. run fast | D. walk slowly |
42. A. think about | B. talk with | C. worry about | D. laugh at |
43. A. Reading | B. Listening | C. Speaking | D. Writing |
44. A. fresh roses | B. gold ring | C. sweet kisses | D. beautiful jewelry |
45. A. a thread | B. a needle | C. the cloth | D. the cotton |