Recently divorced(离婚), 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 (镶嵌) 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.
| 小题1: | | A．cloud | B．rain | C．wind | D．snow |
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| 小题2: | | A．search | B．catch | C．afford | D．sell |
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| 小题3: | | A．raincoat | B．seat | C．book | D．umbrella |
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| 小题4: | | A．never | B．ever | C．almost | D．nearly |
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| 小题5: | | A．concluded | B．examined | C．learned | D．helped |
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| 小题6: | | A．name | B．address | C．card | D．demand |
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| 小题7: | | A．deliberately | B．specially | C．sadly | D．thankfully |
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| 小题8: | | A．technology | B．engine | C．telephone | D．medicine |
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| 小题9: | | A．anger | B．surprise | C．danger | D．sorrow |
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| 小题11: | | A．forgot | B．remembered | C．indicated | D．decided |
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| 小题12: | | A．applied for | B．watching for | C．asking for | D．looking for |
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| 小题13: | | A．face | B．nose | C．eyes | D．ear |
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| 小题14: | | A．reward | B．prize | C．present | D．umbrella |
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| 小题15: | | A．freezing | B．surprising | C．shocking | D．struggling |
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| 小题16: | | A．failures | B．successes | C．jobs | D．wages |
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| 小题17: | | A．heart | B．favor | C．work | D．life |
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| 小题18: | | A．as | B．while | C．when | D．then |
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| 小题19: | | A．proud | B．full | C．careful | D．glad |
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| 小题20: | | A．simply | B．directly | C．finally | D．nearly |
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