The 41 picked up the thermos (热水瓶) and poured some hot water into the tea-cups and placed them on the small table in front of his 42 , who were a father and a daughter. Obviously 43 of something, the host hurried into the inner room, leaving the 44 on the table. His two guests heard a box of drawers opening and a rustling (飒飒地响).
They 45 sitting in the living-room, the 10-year-old daughter, looking at the flowers outside the window. The father was just about to take his cup when the 46 came, right there in the living room. Something was broken.
It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor. The girl looked 47 her shoulder at once, startled (吓一跳), 48 . It was 49 . Neither of them had touched it, not even a little bit. The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room. He looked at the 50 floor and said immediately, “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter!”
The father started to say something. Then he muttered (嘀咕), “ Sorry, I 51 it and it fell.”
“It doesn’t matter,” the host said.
Later, when they left the house the daughter said, “Daddy, I saw your 52 in the windowpane (玻璃窗). You were sitting perfectly 53 . Why did you say…?”
The father 54 , “What would you 55 as the cause of its fall?”
“It fell by itself. The floor is uneven (不平). It wasn’t steady when Mr. Li put it there.”
“It won’t 56 , girl. It sounds more 57 when I say I knocked it down. There are things people accept less the more you 58 them. The truer your story is, the less true it sounds.”
The daughter was lost in ____59_____ for a while. Then she said, “Can you 60 it only in this way?”
“Only in this way, for sure.” the father said.
41. A. host B. customer C. guest D. guide
42. A. friends B. neighbors C. guests D. children
43. A. knowing B. singing C. hearing D. thinking
44. A. thermos B. cup C. apple D. tea
45. A. enjoyed B. remained C. imagined D. hated
46. A. stranger B. host C. voice D. crash
47. A. for B. at C. in D. over
48. A. staring B. laughing C. smiling D. eating
49. A. helpless B. exciting C. terrible D. strange
50. A. broken B. streaming C. clean D. buautiful
51. A. touched B. beat C. dropped D. threw
52. A. hands B. reflection C. legs D. eyes
53. A. calm B. unmoved C. stand D. straight
54. A. shouted B. complained C. repeated D. laughed
55. A. tell B. make C. accept D. give
56. A. work B. open C. close D. indicate
57. A. comfortable B. acceptable C. friendly D. imaginable
58. A. defend B. support C. discuss D. argue
59. A. darkness B. ignorance C. sadness D. silence
60. A. explain B. do C. make D. manage
ACDAB DADDB ABBDD ABADA
I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.
After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine