Jerry stood up and looked at the crowd of people making their way through the station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he
36 , the girl with the
37 . The story had begun twelve months before in a
38 . Taking a book off the shelf he found himself
39 by the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting
40 a thoughtful soul and an insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the 41 owner’s name, Rosanna.
During the next year the two grew to know each other through the
42 . Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. The day finally came for their first
43 - 7:00 PM at the station.
A beautiful young woman was coming toward me, her
44 tall and slim. I started to walk toward her with delight, entirely forgetting to
45 that she was not wearing a rose. I
46 made one step closer to her, and then I saw Rosanna, a short and fat woman well past 40, was standing almost directly
47 the girl. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away.
I felt
48 I was split in two, and there she stood. My fingers gripped the worn leather copy of the
49 that was to identify me to her. I knew this would not be
50 , something perhaps even better than love. I felt choked by the bitterness of my
51 . “I’m Jerry, and you must be Rosanna. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to
52 ?”
The woman’s face broadened into a big smile. “I don't know what this is about, son,” she answered,” but the young lady in the green suit who just
53 begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said
54 you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big
55 across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”
| 小题1: | | A．hadn’t | B．wouldn’t | C．couldn’t | D．didn't |
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| 小题2: | | A．rose | B．flower | C．book | D．notes |
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| 小题3: | | A．restaurant | B．meeting room | C．library | D．station |
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| 小题4: | | A．absorbed | B．surrounded | C．interested | D．burdened |
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| 小题5: | | A．reacted | B．reflected | C．responded | D．repeated |
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| 小题6: | | A．previous | B．nice | C．thoughtful | D．beautiful |
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| 小题7: | | A．phone | B．telegram | C．book | D．e-mail |
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| 小题8: | | A．dining | B．meeting | C．walking | D．talking |
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| 小题9: | | A．legs | B．face | C．figure | D．hair |
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| 小题10: | | A．observe | B．conclude | C．notice | D．say |
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| 小题11: | | A．carefully | B．eagerly | C．luckily | D．easily |
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| 小题12: | | A．behind | B．past | C．over | D．before |
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| 小题13: | | A．as long as | B．even though | C．no matter how | D．as though |
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| 小题14: | | A．newspaper | B．book | C．magazine | D．note |
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| 小题15: | | A．a meeting | B．happiness | C．love | D．a dinner |
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| 小题16: | | A．relief | B．sorrow | C．disappointment | D．unwillingness |
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| 小题17: | | A．a walk | B．your home | C．a party | D．dinner |
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| 小题18: | | A．went by | B．called me | C．came here | D．dropped in |
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| 小题19: | | A．when | B．supposing | C．unless | D．since |
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| 小题20: | | A．market | B．restaurant | C．building | D．library |
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