Like most July days, it was hot．I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream．It was a very
21 store with little round tables and chairs．
As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a
22 near the door．Her back was so
23 twisted （扭曲） by some misfortune that her face nearly
24 the tabletop．1 sat down
25 her a couple of tables away．
"Poor woman," I thought．"What does she
26 life? Why does God let people live so long past their prime （盛年）?"
As I thought, another
27 lady entered the shop and sat down with her．Soon the two of them were
28 childhood days．They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years．In minutes, the two of them were shaking with
29 .
I looked again at the first woman, then in the
30 on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself．I was wearing a dirty shirt．She was
31 dressed in white, her face carefully made up and her hands
32 with gold rings．I was
33 ．She was laughing．I was putting the
34 of my life together．She had millions of
35 memories to recall．
36 I was worried about getting old．She was old, but it wasn't
37 her．As I left the shop, I thought of my
38 question about God letting people live past their prime．Why, that woman was more
39 to life than I was．Age has not
40 her spirit．
| 小题1: | | A．expensive | B．large | C．splendid | D．old-time |
|
| 小题2: | | A．window | B．pillow | C．table | D．bench |
|
| 小题3: | | A．badly | B．nearly | C．actually | D．fully |
|
| 小题4: | | A．broke | B．touched | C．hit | D．fixed |
|
| 小题5: | | A．facing | B．greeting | C．following | D．serving |
|
| 小题6: | | A．look out of | B．get out of | C．learn about | D．devote to |
|
| 小题7: | | A．aged | B．dirty | C．pretty | D．poor |
|
| 小题8: | | A．speaking out | B．talking about | C．thinking over | D．planning for |
|
| 小题9: | | A．food | B．fear | C．cold | D．laughter |
|
| 小题10: | | A．newspaper | B．window | C．mirror | D．picture |
|
| 小题11: | | A．just | B．well | C．poorly | D．quickly |
|
| 小题12: | | A．shining | B．shaking | C．waving | D．wiping |
|
| 小题13: | | A．happy | B．wrong | C．right | D．sad |
|
| 小题14: | | A．periods | B．pieces | C．points | D．goals |
|
| 小题15: | | A．terrible | B．difficult | C．wonderful | D．fresh |
|
| 小题16: | | A．As a result | B．Above all | C．In a word | D．In secret |
|
| 小题17: | | A．pleasing | B．hurting | C．envying | D．punishing |
|
| 小题18: | | A．good | B．simple | C．foolish | D．interesting |
|
| 小题19: | | A．alive | B．changeable | C．hopeful | D．interesting |
|