About ten years ago, I was on a plane going west, and a young woman boarded and sat across the aisle (过道) from me. I ___21____ her for two reasons. She was very attractive, and she was holding a teddy bear about half her ____22____. I teased her by asking if she had a ___23___ for the bear. She laughed and said no.
About halfway through the flight she ___24____ over and told me she was going to Tucson to enter rehab (进行康复治疗). She ___25___ to share her life story with me. She had been working as a dancer in a nightclub. That ___26____ had led her down a dark ____27____ to drugs and alcohol. As I listened to her story. I was ____28____ at all she had gone through. I listened to all she shared and told her I was sure she was going to ____29___ it. At the end of the flight, she ___30____ me for listening to her.
A few years later, I got a ___31____ in the mail saying, “Wow, it’s been years since we met on that plane. It is ___32____ how you touched my life.” She went on to tell me that she had ____33____ to stay away from drugs, and had been working for a radio station. She felt she had achieved things she could not have ____34___ that day on the plane. We agreed to set up a time to get ___35___.
When I saw her, she was ____36____ the attractive young woman I remembered. She told me that that little ___37___ we had had turned her life around. She had boarded the plane ___38___ anything would work in her life, and my affirmation (肯定) of her as a person and of her ___39___ had given her the last bit of ___40___ she needed to work through her problems.
The young woman taught me it’s never too late to make a new start in life.
1. A.found B.helped C.recognized D.noticed
2. A.shape B.size C.weight D.leg
3. A.name B.friend C.ticket D.cloth
4. A.moved B.leaned C.looked D.pulled
5. A.agreed B.learned C.continued D.refused
6. A.manner B.feeling C.event D.lifestyle
7. A.door B.path C.key D.point
8. A.disappointed B.worried C.surprised D.blamed
9. A.own B.reach C.leave D.make
10. A.criticized B.avoided C.thanked D.remembered
11. A.note B.word C.case D.text
12. A.effective B.amazing C.easy D.clear
13. A.managed B.tried C.decided D.worked
14. A.realized B.produced C.required D.imagined
15. A.through B.along C.together D.off
16. A.never B.still C.once D.even
17. A.expectation B.explanation C.information D.conversation
18. A.doubting B.promising C.believing D.admitting
19. A.condition B.discoveries C.criticism D.possibilities
20. A.delight B.interest C.strength D.character
---- I was riding along the street and all of a sudden, a car cut in and knocked me down.
---- You can never be _______ careful in the street.
A.very B.too C.so D.much
Can you image that the CEO of Pu Tian Software Company doesn’t __________ dress?
A.call for B.apply for
C.care about D.allow for
The Great Wall is __________ tourist attraction that millions of people pour in every year.
A.so well-known a B.a so well-known
C.such well-known a D.a such well-known
She has a gift for creating an atmosphere for her students_________ allows them to communicate freely with each other.
A.which B.where C.what D.who
The days are gone__________ physical strength was all you needed to make a living.
A.when B.that C.where D.which