Bob and Annie had not known each other long before they became eager to get married:Bob because he wanted Annie and she because she could at least lead a life away from her1_____. When Mrs.Thompson 2_____ that they marry and live with her until they could get a 3 _____ of their own, Annie hesitated. Her idea of 4_____ had been something which 5 _____her a husband and an orderly, well-furnished home all at once. 6_____ she soon saw the 7_____ of this arrangement. She would, first of all, 8_____ from her present life into a house which was quiet and well run, not 9_____ her own; and she would be able to go on walking so that she and Bob could 10____ up all the more quickly for their own house. She would also get Bob, a good enough husband for any working-class 11_____:good-natured and 12_____ to be bent her way whenever it was 13 _____for her ends.
Things went well until her mother-in-law’s 14_____, when Annie had to give up her 15_____ and was at home all day. Her father-in-law became just a 16_____ figure in the house and 17____Bob became used to him, Annie began to find the old man’s constant 18_____in the house a source of growing annoyance(烦恼).
“He gets on my nerves, Bob,” she said. “And he hardly says a word all day.”
“Well, I suppose he has a 19_____ to do as he likes,” Bob said mildly. “It’s his house not ours.” But to Annie, now looking after the house 20_____ it were her own, it was beginning to seem the other way about.
小题1:1.
| A．city | B．family | C．room | D．company |
小题2:2.
| A．learned | B．thought | C．heard | D．suggested |
小题3:3.
| A．stay | B．child | C．house | D．world |
小题4:4.
| A．marriage | B．life | C．future | D．expectation |
小题5:5.
| A．give | B．found | C．brought | D．searched |
小题6:6.
| A．But | B．So | C．Instead | D．Besides |
小题7:7.
| A．difficulty | B．advantage | C．trouble | D．result |
小题8:8.
| A．leave | B．make | C．change | D．escape |
小题9:9.
小题10:10.
小题11:11.
| A．home | B．character | C．custom | D．girl |
小题12:12.
| A．easy | B．ready | C．kind | D．lovely |
小题13:13.
| A．necessary | B．right | C．important | D．helpful |
小题14:14.
| A．illness | B．arrival | C．death | D．appearance |
小题15:15.
| A．job | B．idea | C．decision | D．dream |
小题16:16.
| A．active | B．funny | C．strange | D．silent |
小题17:17.
| A．until | B．although | C．before | D．when |
小题18:18.
| A．rest | B．work | C．presence | D．cough |
小题19:19.
| A．right | B．way | C．wish | D．freedom |
小题20:20.
| A．because | B．if | C．even though | D．as if |
