I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I felt blindly in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had
31 the search of jailers (people who guard prisoners). I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could
32 get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those.
I
33 through the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. I called out to him, “Have you got a light?” He looked at me,
34 and came over to light my cigarette. As he came close and
35 the match, his eyes accidentally locked with mine. At that moment, I
36 . I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was
37 , perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very
38 not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was as though a
39 jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and
40 a smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed 41 , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.
I kept smiling
at him, now
42 of him as a person and not just a jailer. “Do you have
43 ?” he asked. “Yes, here.” I took out my wallet
and nervously felt for the
44 of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes were
45 with tears. I said that I
46 that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up.
47 came to his eyes, too.
48 , without another word, he
49 my cell and silently led me out. There, at the edge of town, he
50 me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.
My life was saved by a smile. Yes, the smile ― the unaffected, unplanned, natural connection between people.
小題1:..
A.caught | B.broken | C.met | D.escaped |
小題2:.
A.barely | B.consequently | C.continuously | D.constantly |
小題3:..
A.saw | B.looked | C.went | D.broke |
小題4:.
A.trembled | B.ignored | C.shrugged | D.hesitated |
小題5:..
A.struck | B.seized | C.counted | D.found |
小題6:.
A.sobbed | B.smelled | C.sighed | D.smiled |
小題7:.
A.defence | B.delight | C.nervousness | D.despair |
小題8:..
A.hard | B.easy | C.simple | D.clear |
小題9:..
A.humor | B.spark | C.hatred | D.sense |
小題10:..
A.spread | B.generated | C.brought | D.Forced |
小題11:.
A.near | B.distant | C.a(chǎn)way | D.up |
小題12:.
A.a(chǎn)fraid | B.sure | C.a(chǎn)ware | D.a(chǎn)wake |
小題13:.
A.enemies | B.pets | C.friends | D.kids |
小題14:..
A.photos | B.drawings | C.films | D.outlines |
小題15:.
A.fixed | B.blocked | C.filled | D.packed |
小題16:.
A.hoped | B.feared | C.wondered | D.a(chǎn)nnoyed |
小題17:.
A.Anger | B.Sadness | C.Sympathy | D.Tears |
小題18:.
A.Accidentally | B.Instantly | C.Suddenly | D.Occasionally |
小題19:.
A.grasped | B.unlocked | C.shut | D.fastened |
小題20:.
A.offended | B.saved | C.shot | D.released |