Question

       As a saying goes, every bean has its black．It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life．My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no    1 ．Several decades ago, he made a mistake — a（n）    2   mistake, though．

       On a cold Saturday, Grandpa was building some wooden cases for the clothes his   3   was sending to an orphanage （孤兒院） in Congo．On his way home, he   4   into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone．So he drove back to the church．His search proved   5  ．When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened．The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen 6  one of the cases．His brand new glasses, having    7    him ＄20 that very morning, were heading for Congo! He had to drive home    8  ．

       Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church,    9   Grandpa and his family also attended．

       “But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the   10   you sent last year．You see, the bandits（土匪） had just swept through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses．I was desperate．”

       “  11   I had the money, there was simply no way of    12   those glasses． 13  not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day．Then your cases arrived．When my staff    14   the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top．”

       Then, still gripped （吸引注意） with the 15   , he continued: “Folks, when I tried  16    the glasses, it was as though they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”

       The people listened,    17    for the miraculous glasses．But the director surely must have   18   their church with another, they thought．There were no glasses on their   19   of items to be sent overseas．But an ordinary carpenter was sitting   20   in the back, with tears streaming down his face．

1．A．expectation            B．success               C．luck                    D．exception

2．A．perfect                  B．foolish                 C．a(chǎn)voidable             D．common

3．A．factory                 B．church                C．family                 D．country

4．A．turned                   B．reached               C．filled                   D．put

5．A．proper                  B．reasonable           C．fruitless               D．unnecessary

6．A．into                      B．onto                    C．in                       D．out

7．A．charged                B．spent                   C．paid                    D．cost

8．A．disappointed          B．pleased                C．nonstop               D．quick

9．A．which                   B．what                   C．where                 D．when

10．A．cases                  B．clothes                C．glasses                D．wishes

11．A．As well as            B．As long as           C．As if                   D．Even though

12．A．replacing             B．finding                C．wearing               D．changing

13．A．Except that          B．Along with           C．Rather than          D．As for

14．A．turned                 B．burnt                   C．removed              D．took

15．A．preparation          B．pleasure               C．satisfaction         D．wonder

16．A．out                     B．over                    C．for                      D．on

17．A．pity                     B．happy                  C．curious               D．eager

18．A．confused             B．a(chǎn)ssociated            C．combined            D．compared

19．A．cases                  B．order                   C．list                      D．orphanage

20．A．happily            B．quietly           C．carefully       D．excitedly

Answer 1

1—5 DABBC   6—10 ADAAC   11—15 DABCD   16—20 DBACB