It happened to a very young pastor (牧师).His church was very old and what's worse, a storm knocked a hole in the wall of the church.
One day the pastor1_____an auction(拍卖）and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars. Hecarried the cloth back to the church and put it up on the wall. It completely hid the 2_____!
Just before noon of Christmas Eve, the pastor noticed a woman standing in the cold at the bus stop. “The 3 _____won’t be here for 40 minutes!” he called, and he invited her into the church to get 4_____ .She told him that she had come from the city to be interviewed for ajob as governess to the children of one wealthy family in town but she had been turned down.
The woman saw the tablecloth and rose suddenly. The pastor smiled and started to tell her about the storm 5_____, but she didn’tseem to 6_____“It is mine!” she said. “My husband had the cloth made 7_____ for mc !
She explained that she and her husband decided to go separately in the War II. They planned that he would 8_____ her. But she never saw him again. Later she heard that he had died. The pastor tried to 9_____ her, advising her to take the cloth with her. She 10_____ . Then she went away.
On Christmas Eve, after the service in church, one middle-aged man—the local clock-and-watch repairman—looked rather 11_____.‘‘It is strange，”he said in his soft accent.
“ Many years ago, my wife and I owned such a cloth.
The pastor suddenly became very 12_____ . He told him about the woman who had been in church 13_____ in the day.Together the two got in touch with the 14_____ who had interviewed her. And this man and his wife -who had been separated through so many saddened 15_____were reunited.
| 小题1: | | A．had | B． attended | C． held | D． took |
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| 小题2: | | A．wall | B． church | C． hole | D． table |
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| 小题3: | | A．boss | B． company | C． train | D． bus |
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| 小题4: | | A．warm | B． ready | C． cool | D． calm |
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| 小题5: | | A．damage | B． story | C． fact | D． truth |
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| 小题6: | | A．work | B． believe | C． listen | D． understand |
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| 小题7: | | A．carefully | B． attentively | C． finally | D． especially |
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| 小题8: | | A．join | B． write | C． bring | D． leave |
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| 小题9: | | A．amuse | B． comfort | C． please | D． help |
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| 小题10: | | A．cried | B． accepted | C． refused | D． continued |
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| 小题11: | | A．puzz led | B． delighted | C． determined | D． disappionted |
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| 小题12: | | A．sad | B． shocked | C． hopeful | D． excited |
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| 小题13: | | A．later | B． earlier | C． warmer | D． colder |
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| 小题14: | | A．woman | B． manager | C． husband | D． family |
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| 小题15: | | A．weeks | B． countries | C． Christmases | D． centuries |
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