Three boys and three girls boarded the bus to Fort Lauderdale, dreaming of golden beaches as the gray cold of New York disappeared behind them. They noticed an old man, who sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, ill-fitting suit, never
, and his dusty face
his age.
He was
in his seat like a stone, and the young people began to
about him, trying to
his life and his age. Deep into the night, outside Washington, one of the girls went up to him and introduced herself. “Want some wine?” He took
the glass and drank.
Slowly and
he told his story. His name was Vingo, he had been in
in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home. “When I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away
for a long time, and that if she couldn't
it, if the kids kept asking questions, if it
too much, she could just forget me, I'd understand.”
“Last week, knowing I would be
, I wrote her again. We used to live in Brunswick and there's a big oak tree just as you come into town. I told her that if she would
me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I'd
and come home with her. If she didn't
me, forget it, no handkerchief, and I'd go on through.”
“Wow,” the girl exclaimed. She told the others, and soon all of them put their faces against the window, waiting for the
of Brunswick.
Then Brunswick was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming
, all except Vingo. Vingo sat there
, looking at the oak tree. It was almost
with yellow handkerchiefs, 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a huge flag of
, blowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, the old man rose and
his way to the front of the bus to go home.
| 小题1: | | A．moving | B．leaning | C．stopping | D．heading |
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| 小题2: | | A．proved | B．masked | C．betrayed | D．abandoned |
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| 小题3: | | A．rooted | B．annoyed | C．relaxed | D．alarmed |
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| 小题4: | | A．hear | B．care | C．wonder | D．speak |
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| 小题5: | | A．bother | B．describe | C．imagine | D．know |
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| 小题7: | | A．terribly | B．eagerly | C．painfully | D．casually |
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| 小题8: | | A．hospital | B．prison | C．company | D．work |
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| 小题9: | | A．support | B．believe | C．stand | D．ignore |
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| 小题10: | | A．lasted | B．influenced | C．cost | D．hurt |
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| 小题11: | | A．hopeless | B．convenient | C．successful | D．free |
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| 小题12: | | A．take | B．refuse | C．call | D．write |
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| 小题13: | | A．get out | B．get off | C．get on | D．get in |
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| 小题14: | | A．remember | B．believe | C．miss | D．accept |
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| 小题15: | | A．entrance | B．beauty | C．existence | D．approach |
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| 小题16: | | A．amazingly | B．joyfully | C．definitely | D．desperately |
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| 小题17: | | A．shocked | B．puzzled | C．terrified | D．depressed |
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| 小题18: | | A．covered | B．surrounded | C．spotted | D．dotted |
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| 小题19: | | A．wishes | B．welcome | C．victory | D．success |
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| 小题20: | | A．felt | B．forced | C．made | D．pushed |
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