At the time my son was born in 1956, I shared a hospital room with a young woman who bore a boy on the same day. Partly because my parents
46 a shop selling flowers, the room was soon 47 with the lovely scent of roses.
As the seventh floral arrangement was
48 , I was beginning to feel
49 , for no flowers had arrived for my roommate, Ann. She sat on the edge of her bed and leaned forward to admire the
50 bouquet. She was a pretty young woman, yet there was something about her large, brown eyes that made me think she had known too much
51 , too much sadness for one so young. I had the feeling she had always had to admire someone else’
52 .
“I’m enjoying every
53 of this”, she said as though she had read my
54 and was trying to reassure me. “Wasn’t I the lucky one to get you for a
55 ？”
I still felt uncomfortable, however.
56 there were some magic button I could push to
57 the sadness in her eyes. Well, I thought, at least,I can see that she has some flowers. When my mother and father came to see me that day, I asked them to send
58 some.
The flowers arrived just
59 Ann and I were finishing supper.
“More flowers for you,” she said,
60 .
“No, not this time,” I said, looking at the
61 “These are for you.”
Ann stared at the blossoms a long time, not saying anything. She ran her
62 across the pale blue bouquets and
63 touched each of the sweet roses as though trying to engrave（刻画） them on her
64 . “How can I ever thank you” she said softly.
I was almost embarrassed. It was such a little
65 on my part.
| 小题1: | | A．attended | B．owed | C．absorbed | D．owned |
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| 小题2: | | A．full | B．filled | C．crowd | D．involved |
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| 小题3: | | A．brought out | B．brought up | C．brought down | D．brought in |
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| 小题4: | | A．convenient | B．enjoyable | C．attractive | D．uncomfortable |
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| 小题5: | | A．newest | B．last | C．latest | D．largest |
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| 小题6: | | A．struggling | B．admiring | C．delighting | D．thrilling |
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| 小题7: | | A．bouquets | B．shops | C．family | D．money |
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| 小题8: | | A．minute | B．day | C．week | D．month |
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| 小题9: | | A．ideas | B．opinions | C．thoughts | D．dreams |
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| 小题10: | | A．friend | B．sister | C．roommate | D．colleague |
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| 小题11: | | A．Before long | B．Long before | C．If only | D．Only if |
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| 小题12: | | A．take apart | B．take away | C．take out | D．take in |
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| 小题14: | | A．when | B．while | C．as | D．before |
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| 小题15: | | A．wondering | B．assisting | C．laughing | D．explaining |
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| 小题16: | | A．basket | B．floor | C．window | D．card |
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| 小题17: | | A．mouth | B．fingers | C．face | D．eyes |
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| 小题18: | | A．delightedly | B．instantly | C．curiously | D．lightly |
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| 小题19: | | A．friendship | B．memory | C．feeling | D．description |
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| 小题20: | | A．sympathy | B．kindness | C．emotion | D．mercy |
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