Question

Ice cream can’t cure cancer or bring back a lost love, but it can make one feel better for a while.

A bout 18 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering from a major lung operation. My mother had recently  36  , and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 55 years very hard and had lost interest in   37  . Trying to get him to  38  each day was quite a chore as he didn’t want anything. The one thing,  39  , that he would ask us to bring him was ice-cream.

One evening, to our   40  , he refused to eat the ice-cream,  41   I placed it in a staffroom freezer. A little while later, my son decided he wanted it, so I   42   it for him.  

As I passed another ward（病房）, a   43  asked, “Are there more where that came from?” When I explained the   44  , she apologized. She then said that she had cancer and could eat very little,  45    the occasional ­ice-cream.

The next evening, I decided to buy two ice-creams. On the way to Dad’s room, I stopped in at the   46   woman’s room, and   47   her the ice-cream I’d bought for her. She was   48  stunned that I had thought of her, and   49   the gift with tears in her eyes. I spoke with her for a few minutes,  50   what was happening in my family and listened to her   51   story of pain and suffering. It was apparent that she did not   52   many visitors, and the ice-cream and our short chat meant a great deal to her.

I   53   the gesture a few days later, and this time was  54  with a huge hug.

I never even thought to ask her name, and never saw her again, but it made me realize that an act of   55   can be more rewarding when you give it, rather than receive it.

1.A．passed away         B．gone out    C．come back     D．calmed down

2.A．work                B．life          C．studies           D．games

3.A．speak               B．laugh         C．drink             D．eat

4.A．though              B．however    C．instead                D．therefore

5.A．joy                  B．satisfactionC．surprise        D．relief

6.A．if          B．unless         C．so            D．because

7.A．borrowed         B．bought       C．made             D．fetched

8.A．woman           B．granny        C．girl      D．child

9.A．question             B．situation    C．process          D．decision

10.A．better than．      B．more than C．rather than       D．other than

11.A．pretty '            B．honest        C．sick            D．shy

12.A．offered            B．told ．      C．sold              D．charged

13.A．hardly            B．finally          C．gradually          D．totally

14.A．accepted               B．stored        C．exchanged       D．gave

15.A．remembering      B．denying      C．explaining          D．forgetting

16.A．ordinary '          B．similar        C．interesting        D．i'great

17.A．have              B．like         C．expect            D．J attract

18.A．reported          B．expressed C．noticed           D．^repeated

19.A．covered          B．connected C．rewarded         D．filled

20.A．politeness         B．kindness    C．selflessness       D．willingness

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】略