My husband and I sat outside. A small child about three came up the street, accompanied by her mother. As she saw another girl a few feet away, she gave her admiring comment, “Mommy, I like her dress.” Her mom
21 , “Well, why don’t you go and tell her?”
The little girl walked
22 toward the girl wearing the pretty dress. The other one,
23 the same age, was standing with her
24 turned, alongside her parents. They had not heard the compliment (赞美). Receiving no answer, this little one
25 . My husband said to the other girl, “
26 wants to tell you something.” As she turned around, connection was made. Once again, the little one
27 “I like your dress,” and upon hearing those words, the other one gave her a big smile and excitedly
28 “Look, it’s a spinning (旋转) dress!”, at which moment she began to spin in
29. Both of them smiled widely.
Now, the one stopped spinning and said, “It’s my favorite dress and I have (a)
30 that match!” She
31 running toward a stroller (婴儿车) parked nearby.
The mom and the daughter started to
32 down the street,
33 the encounter (邂逅) had ended. Moments later, the “spinning dress girl” reappeared, shoes in hand,
34 her new friend who had seemingly disappeared. Now, an elderly couple, seated on a bench, had obviously been
35 of all this. The man
36 the child, saying, “There’s someone coming behind you.” Then we saw one showed and the other
37 the beautiful shoes.
If you can make a
38 better, do it. I have no idea how many others that evening might have
39 this act, hoping to help good things to happen. But such brief moments,
40 together, make up what might very well be the important times in our lives.
| 小题1: | | A．replied | B．scolded | C．laughed | D．required |
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| 小题2: | | A．secretly | B．shyly | C．heavily | D．suddenly |
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| 小题3: | | A．usually | B．hopefully | C．likely | D．luckily |
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| 小题5: | | A．shouted | B．left | C．cried | D．hesitated |
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| 小题6: | | A．Anyone | B．Someone | C．Everyone | D．No one |
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| 小题7: | | A．suggested | B．apologized | C．explained | D．announced |
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| 小题8: | | A．turned | B．shared | C．jumped | D．agreed |
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| 小题9: | | A．circles | B．lines | C．directions | D．rows |
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| 小题10: | | A．shoes | B．socks | C．shirt | D．hat |
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| 小题11: | | A．took off | B．turned down | C．put on | D．made up |
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| 小题13: | | A．remembering | B．hoping | C．saying | D．thinking |
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| 小题14: | | A．coming across | B．looking for | C．shouting at | D．calling on |
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| 小题15: | | A．watchful | B．careful | C．proud | D．fond |
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| 小题16: | | A．calmed | B．comforted | C．stopped | D．seated |
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| 小题17: | | A．wore | B．admired | C．compared | D．bought |
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| 小题18: | | A．moment | B．life | C．girl | D．dress |
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| 小题19: | | A．learned | B．performed | C．praised | D．observed |
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| 小题20: | | A．seized | B．spent | C．threaded | D．lost |
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