I noticed the woman when I entered the newsroom. My secretary told me she wanted to put an ad to
36 a baby. So I suggested several
37 lines for these ads to her:
38 , Baby to love; or Dear Birth Mother, Let Us Help You. The ad would contain
39 about her and her husband: they were
40 , could afford to raise a child. But then something
41 me: the major newspapers carried ads like this and their
42 were larger than ours. “Have you tried the major ones?” I asked. “Yes, but all failed and one more wouldn’t
43 .” She handed me a check and left with a
44 smile.
A week later the woman called in a
45 of delight: “Please don’t run the ad again. We ’ve connected with
46 . The baby is due in a month.” Good news. I asked her if she
47 keep in touch if the adoption
48 to have a happy ending. She agreed but added when the adoption was final she was
49 to give me the story.
One day my phone rang. I
50 her voice immediately. “The adoption is final. Would you like to come and meet him?” Happily, I made a (an )
51 with her for the next day. “His name is Ben,” she said, as I started to take
52 . “He slept through the night from the start. Now he’s smiling and starting to turn over. Of course I’m not
53 him. If he is a little slow.” She paused. “ Oh, I should tell you Ben has Down’s Syndrome.(唐氏综合症)” I stopped writing . I wasn’t sure how to
54 . But she smiled “Ben was meant for us, don’t you see? He needs me more than a
55 developing child would.” She sat on the sofa, holding her son. Both of them smiled. “You wanted a story with a happy ending,” said the woman “ You got it.”
| 小题1: | | A．afford | B．affect | C．adopt | D．adapt |
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| 小题2: | | A．ordinary | B．standard | C．effective | D．ridiculous |
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| 小题3: | | A．Wanted | B．To Want | C．Wanting | D．Want |
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| 小题4: | | A．address | B．data | C．picture | D．information |
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| 小题5: | | A．rich | B．stable | C．considerate | D．lonely |
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| 小题6: | | A．occurred to | B．turned to | C．referred to | D．wrote to |
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| 小题7: | | A．titles | B．circulations | C．names | D．columns |
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| 小题8: | | A．kill | B．work | C．hurt | D．do |
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| 小题9: | | A．warm | B．weird | C．weak | D．wild |
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| 小题10: | | A．spirit | B．tone | C．way | D．sound |
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| 小题11: | | A．a birth mother | B．a lovely baby | C．an ad company | D．an orphanage |
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| 小题12: | | A．might | B．should | C．would | D．dared |
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| 小题13: | | A．turned over | B．turned up | C．turned out | D．turned down |
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| 小题14: | | A．safe | B．comfortable | C．brave | D．honest |
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| 小题15: | | A．classified | B．identified | C．picked | D．recognized |
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| 小题16: | | A．look | B．appointment | C．appearance | D．call |
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| 小题17: | | A．pains | B．pictures | C．clues | D．notes |
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| 小题18: | | A．rushing | B．speeding | C．pressing | D．running |
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| 小题19: | | A．reply | B．react | C．restore | D．release |
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| 小题20: | | A．steadily | B．gradually | C．normally | D．regularly |
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