Question

       阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       As a saying goes, every bean has its black．It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life．My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no    1．Several decades ago, he made a mistake — a（n）    2mistake, though．

       On a cold Saturday, Grandpa was building some wooden cases for the clothes his   3was sending to an orphanage （孤儿院） in Congo．On his way home, he   4into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone．So he drove back to the church．His search proved   5．When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened．The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen 6one of the cases．His brand new glasses, having    7him ＄20 that very morning, were heading for Congo! He had to drive home    8．

       Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church,    9Grandpa and his family also attended．

       “But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the   10you sent last year．You see, the bandits（土匪） had just swept through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses．I was desperate．”

       “  11I had the money, there was simply no way of    12those glasses．  13not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day．Then your cases arrived．When my staff    14the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top．”

       Then, still gripped （吸引注意） with the  15, he continued: “Folks, when I tried   16the glasses, it was as though they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”

       The people listened,    17for the miraculous glasses．But the director surely must have   18their church with another, they thought．There were no glasses on their   19of items to be sent overseas．But an ordinary carpenter was sitting   20in the back, with tears streaming down his face．

1.A．expectation              B．success               C．luck                    D．exception

2.A．perfect                    B．foolish                 C．avoidable             D．common

3.A．factory                    B．church                C．family                 D．country

4.A．turned                     B．reached               C．filled                   D．put

5.A．proper                     B．reasonable           C．fruitless               D．unnecessary

6.A．into                         B．onto                    C．in                       D．out

7.A．charged                   B．spent                   C．paid                    D．cost

8.A．disappointed             B．pleased                C．nonstop               D．quick

9.A．which                     B．what                   C．where                 D．when

10.A．cases                     B．clothes                C．glasses                D．wishes

11.A．As well as              B．As long as           C．As if                   D．Even though

12.A．replacing                B．finding                C．wearing               D．changing

13.A．Except that            B．Along with           C．Rather than          D．As for

14.A．turned                   B．burnt                   C．removed              D．took

15.A．preparation             B．pleasure               C．satisfaction         D．wonder

16.A．out                        B．over                    C．for                      D．on

17.A．pity                       B．happy                  C．curious               D．eager

18.A．confused               B．associated            C．combined            D．compared

19.A．cases                     B．order                   C．list                      D．orphanage

20.A．happily                B．quietly              C．carefully         D．excitedly

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C   

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.C  

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D  

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.B