It was 1958. I was eighteen and was working as a nurse in a rural town west of Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days ____ from duty after working overtime for some time. ___, the only train that day back to my hometown, over 270 km away, had already ___. I thought I'd thumb a lift.
I waited by the side of the ____ for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and ____ himself as Gordon. He said that ____ he couldn't give me a lift, I could come to his house, which was across the road, for lunch. He'd been watching me and thought I must be ____ after standing for hours. I hesitated but he assured me I was ____, and he also offered to help me find a ____ home afterwards.
When we arrived at Gordon's ____, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he stopped a car, which took me to my hometown.
Then I got married, but my husband didn't believe in giving ____ a ride. This made me feel ____ when we'd pass people waiting on the roadside, as I could ____ offer them the lift they hoped for.
Twentyfive years later, in 1983, I was driving alone to a nearby town, when I ____ an elderly man with a small boy, standing in the glaring heat, trying to ____ a ride. I saw my chance to repay someone for the ____ I'd been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked the ____ up. I made them comfortable on the back seat and ____ some water and sweets.
After a few minutes of small talk, the man said to me,“You haven't changed a bit, ____ your red hair is still the same.” I couldn't ____ where I'd met him. He then told me he was Gordon.
小题1:A.off B.away
C.out B.up
小题2: | A.Surprisingly | B.Hopefully | C.Unfortunately | D.Strangely |
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小题3: | A.started | B.left | C.delayed | D.arrived |
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小题4: | A.town | B.station | C.railway | D.highway |
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小题5: | A.considered | B.described | C.introduced | D.named |
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小题6: | A.when | B.once | C.although | D.unless |
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小题7: | A.tired | B.thirsty | C.angry | D.hungry |
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小题8: | A.careful | B.safe | C.young | D.suspicious |
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小题9: | A.lift | B.way | C.train | D.bicycle |
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小题10: | A.kitchen | B.shop | C.house | D.garage |
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小题11: | A.villagers | B.strangers | C.relatives | D.neighbours |
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小题12: | A.bad | B.nervous | C.excited | D.anxious |
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小题13: | A.ever | B.still | C.never | D.sometimes |
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小题14: | A.recognized | B.noticed | C.knew | D.observed |
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小题15: | A.offer | B.enjoy | C.demand | D.get |
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小题16: | A.support | B.debt | C.effort | D.favour |
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小题17: | A.pair | B.couple | C.group | D.team |
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小题18: | A.exchanged | B.shared | C.drank | D.brought |
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小题20: | A.remind | B.repeat | C.recommend | D.recall |
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