Recently divorced(離婚), I had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices despite the great
36 . My old umbrella was broken, and I could not
37 another one.
I sat down in the streetcar — and there against the seat was a beautiful silk
38 with a silver handle inlaid (鑲嵌) with gold. I had
39 seen anything so lovely.
I
40 the handle and saw a
41 . I got off the streetcar and
42 opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a
43 book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.
Yes, she said in
44 , that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present.
45 , she added, it had been stolen at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.
She was so excited that I
46 I was
47 a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella, her
48 filled with tears.
I refused the
49 she gave me. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I don’t remember.
The next six months were
50 . I was able to obtain
51 here and there. l reached the lowest point in my
52 . Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless, jobless.
Christmas Eve came. No money to buy my daughter a gift. I was sobbing (抽泣) in the cold little kitchen
53 the doorbell rang and my daughter Peggy ran to answer it. He was a postman, and his arms were
54 of parcels. “This is a mistake” I said, but he read the name on the parcels and there were for me.
Peggy and I sat on the floor and opened them. I looked for the name of the sender. It was the teacher. The address was
55 “California”, where she had moved.
小題1: | A.cloud | B.rain | C.wind | D.snow |
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小題2: | A.search | B.catch | C.a(chǎn)fford | D.sell |
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小題3: | A.raincoat | B.seat | C.book | D.umbrella |
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小題4: | A.never | B.ever | C.a(chǎn)lmost | D.nearly |
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小題5: | A.concluded | B.examined | C.learned | D.helped |
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小題6: | A.name | B.a(chǎn)ddress | C.card | D.demand |
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小題7: | A.deliberately | B.specially | C.sadly | D.thankfully |
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小題8: | A.technology | B.engine | C.telephone | D.medicine |
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小題9: | A.a(chǎn)nger | B.surprise | C.danger | D.sorrow |
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小題11: | A.forgot | B.remembered | C.indicated | D.decided |
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小題12: | A.a(chǎn)pplied for | B.watching for | C.a(chǎn)sking for | D.looking for |
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小題13: | A.face | B.nose | C.eyes | D.ear |
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小題14: | A.reward | B.prize | C.present | D.umbrella |
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小題15: | A.freezing | B.surprising | C.shocking | D.struggling |
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小題16: | A.failures | B.successes | C.jobs | D.wages |
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小題17: | A.heart | B.favor | C.work | D.life |
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小題18: | A.a(chǎn)s | B.while | C.when | D.then |
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小題19: | A.proud | B.full | C.careful | D.glad |
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小題20: | A.simply | B.directly | C.finally | D.nearly |
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