Like most July days, it was hot. I 1 into a coffee shop to drink a cup of black coffee. It was a 2 store with little round tables and chairs.
As I entered, I found a very old woman bent 3 a table near the door. Her back was so 4 twisted(扭弯)by some sadness that her face nearly 5 the table-top. I sat down facing her two 6 away.
"Poor woman, "I thought. "What does she 7 life? Why does God let people live so 8 past their prime(鼎盛时期)?"
As I thought, 9 aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about 10 . They talked of how little the shop had 11 in 70 years…In minutes the two of them were12 with laughter.
I looked again at the 13 woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall,14 a picture of myself.I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was 15 dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.
I was in 16 spirits. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the 17 of my life together. She had millions of wonderful 18 to recall(回忆)．She was 19 the day with a good friend. I was 20 worried about getting old. She was old but it wasn't 21 her. As I left the shop, I 22 my foolish questions about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more 23 , more sensitive(敏感的)than I was. 24 has not bent her spirit. But I am always filling my mind with something 25 .
1．A．slipped B．stepped C．entered D．broke
2．A．tiny B．fair C．fast-food D．tea
3．A．to B．on C．over D．toward
4．A．heavily B．badly C．slightly D．hardly
5．A．struck B．reached C．stuck D．touched
6．A．feet B．meters C．chairs D．tables
7．A．get out of B．get off C．get away with D．get into
8．A．hard B．long C．slowly D．rapidly
9．A．other B．the very C．another D．a certain
10．A．old history B．recent history C．the present day D．childhood days
11．A．changed B．improved C．rebuilt D．developed
12．A．jumping B．trembling C．burning D．running
13．A．older B．poor C．first D．younger
14．A．watching B．taking C．searching D．catching
15．A．well B．usually C．specially D．always
16．A．high B．low C．good D．sad
17．A．dreams B．pages C．pieces D．hopes
18．A．affairs B．sufferings C．incidents D．memories
19．A．spending B．enjoying C．sharing D．wasting
20．A．certainly B．completely C．naturally D．secretly
21．A．hurting B．choking C．defeating D．beating
22．A．laughed at B．thought of C．gave up D．kept back
23．A．alive B．happy C．useful D．powerful
24．A．Wealth B．Life C．Time D．Age
25．A．strange B．fearing C．unpleasant D．joyful
Keys:1～5 BACBD 6～10 DABCD11～15 ABCDA 16～20 BCDCD