The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady came in and asked, “You don’t
31 the house any more?” He kept silent and she
32 shook her head.
The landlady began
33 the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have
34 my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent it to others?”
She began looking around her
35 room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply
36 to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for
37 you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”
This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other
38 . At that time, she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the
39 once she entered the room, staring at the whole
40 and feeling terribly upset. Then he began
41 more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which
42 his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to
43 their wedding photo frame.
The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were
44 , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were
45 nonstop through these holes.
She
46 to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house
47 we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.
She
48 realized that marriage was like a wall and that all
49 and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.
50 , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.
| 小题1: | | A．like | B．clean | C．rent | D．keep |
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| 小题2: | | A．simply | B．barely | C．coldly | D．proudly |
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| 小题3: | | A．observing | B．examining | C．watching | D．spotting |
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| 小题4: | | A．shared | B．ruined | C．kept | D．decorated |
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| 小题5: | | A．familiar | B．dirty | C．empty | D．bright |
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| 小题6: | | A．devoted | B．attached | C．optimistic | D．guilty |
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| 小题7: | | A．leaving | B．having | C．asking | D．getting |
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| 小题8: | | A．clothes | B．pictures | C．umbrellas | D．hats |
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| 小题9: | | A．floor | B．wall | C．ceiling | D．door |
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| 小题10: | | A．trouble | B．mess | C．confusion | D．order |
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| 小题11: | | A．putting | B．striking | C．driving | D．beating |
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| 小题12: | | A．hung | B．fastened | C．dropped | D．swung |
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| 小题13: | | A．connect | B．fix | C．hang | D．put |
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| 小题14: | | A．replaced | B．separated | C．unfastened | D．removed |
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| 小题15: | | A．crying | B．aching | C．bleeding | D．disturbing |
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| 小题16: | | A．jumped | B．held | C．stuck | D．got |
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| 小题18: | | A．especially | B．eventually | C．fortunately | D．sadly |
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| 小题19: | | A．chaos | B．troubles | C．quarrels | D．challenges |
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| 小题20: | | A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．Thus | D．However |
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