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“But what if I break my arm again?” My five-year-old daughter asked. I knew how much she wanted to learn to 41 .Yet ever since she fell off her bicycle and broke her arm, she’d been 42_ .
“Oh, honey,” I said. “I don’t think you’ll break 43 arm.”
“But I could, couldn’t I?”
“Yes,” I 44 and found myself struggling for the right thing to say. At times like this, I 45 I had someone who might help me find the right words to make my girl’s problems disappear. But after a painful 46 , I’d decided to remain single.
“ I don’t want to ride,” she said and got off her bike.
“ You know, honey,” I said. “ Almost everything you do comes with 47 . You could break your arm jumping rope. You 48 break your arm at gymnastics. Do you want to stop going to gymnastics?”
“No,” she said. And with a 49 spirit, she agreed to try it again. I held on to her bike until she found the 50 to say, “Let’s go!” I spent the rest of the afternoon watching a brave little girl overcome a 51 .
As we walked home, she 52 me about a conversation I had. “Why were you and grandma arguing last night?”
My mother wanted me to marry again, 53 I told her I didn’t want to meet the Mr. Perfect she 54 for me. She said she knew Steve was the man for me.
“It’s nothing,” I told her.
She shrugged, “Grandma said she just wanted you to find someone to 55 .”
“What grandma wants is for some guy to break my 56 again!” I lost control.
She was 57 for several minutes. Then she said something 58 me to think about. “So I think love isn’t like a broken arm.”
Unable to answer, we walked in silence. Later I did what my brave girl did that afternoon. I 59 to meet Steve.
Steve was the man for me. We married soon. It turned out mother and my daughter were 60 .
1.1. A. speak B. ride C. walk D. drive
2.. A. disappointed B. satisfied
C. shamed D. afraid
3. A. both B. the other
C. other D. another
4.. A. sighed B. regretted
C. admitted D. whispered
5.. A. wished B. thought
C. realized D. decided
6.. A. experience B. divorce
C. memory D. mistake
7.. A. luck B. surprise
C. risks D. results
8. A. could B. should
C. would D. must
9.. A. determined B. frightened
C. comforted D. encouraged
10.. A. destination B. sense C. strength D. courage
11.. A. shyness B. fear C. difficulty D. disadvantage
12.. A. told B. said C. asked D. reminded
13.. A. but B. then C. and D. so
14.. A. referred to B. set side C. gave away D. picked out
15.. A. trust B. love C. help D. accept
16.. A. glasses B. habit C. heart D. power
17.. A. nervous B. quiet C. sad D. serious
18.. A. for B. of C. with D. by
19.. A. agreed B. pretended
C. continued D. stopped
20.. A. interesting B. curious
C. careful D. right
—Dad, why do I have to wear a black suit and a tie? I like casual clothes.
—Dear, this interview is important to you and usually _______.
A. two heads are better than one B. first impressions are half the battle
C. no pains, no gains D. first come, first served
—I'm sorry, but I don't quite follow you. Did you say you wanted to return on November 20?
—Sorry, I myself clear. We want to return on December 20.
A. hadn't made B. wouldn't make C. don't make D. haven't made
The engineers are so busy that they have zero time for outdoor sports activities, _______they have the interest.
A. wherever B. whenever C. even if D. as if
He did not regret saying what he did but felt that he _________ it differently.
A. could express B. would express
C. could have expressed D. must have expressed
The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ________ for a meal to be cooked.
A. laid B. laying C. to lay D. being laid
