Question

Every New Year’s Eve in the past, we had breakfast at Aunt Dot' s house. My most vivid __ of the meal was the centerpiece (中心裝飾品)that Aunt Dot always __ on her kitchen table — seven sets of salt and pepper shakers. It wasn’ t until years later that I finally asked Aunt Dot about the unusual centerpiece.

She was then 87 but she __ invited us to the last breakfast of the year. I had __ early that morning to help with the meal __ . Though weak, Aunt Dot was __ stirring (攬伴) pancake batter (糊狀物)as she __ my question. “You know I arrange those salt and pepper shakers on the table every single year.”

“I know,” I said, __ plates on the table. “But __ do you always do that on New Year’s Eve morning?”

“It helps to remind me that __ the holidays are over, there’s another whole year of them coming,” Aunt Dot said thoughtfully.

I nodded __, “I guess that makes sense.”

“Let me tell you something more,” she said. “I’ve learned over my many tears that nothing really __ ; every ending in life is really just another new __ .”She pointed at me with the batter-covered spoon. “__ that, my dear.”

"I will," I told her.

In the spring of that year, after a short illness, Aunt Dot passed away. To my __ , I got the holiday salt and pepper shakers which I thought would be given to her own children. I __ Aunt Dot wanted to make sure I remembered her philosophy (生活信條）.

I continued Aunt Dot' s breakfast __ at my own apartment with the salt and pepper shakers centerpiece __ .The pancakes are never as delicious as Aunt Dot’s, __ the center of the table is covered with those old salt and pepper shakers, __ us all that every ending is really just another beginning.

1.A. dream B. memory C. mind D. worry

2.A. changed B. listed C. arranged D. cooked

3.A. still B. even C. ever D. just

4.A. come through B. come up C. come over D. come across

5.A. orders B. purchases C. shares D. preparations

6.A. enthusiastically B. nervously C. sadly D. bravely

7.A. went through B. figured out C. replied to D. made out

8.A. removing B. appreciating C. washing D. setting

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

10.A. now that B. in case C. as though D. even if

11.A. in vain B. in doubt C. in agreement D. in demand

12.A. ignores B. stops C. requires D. lives

13.A. beginning B. surviving C. challenging D. escaping

14.A. Remember B. Forgive C. Forget D. Experience

15.A. disappointment B. surprise C. sadness D. relief

16.A. find B. decide C. guess D. notice

17.A. principle B. method C. law D. tradition

18.A. under control B. broken C. changed D. in place

19.A. but B. so C. and D. for

20.A. announcing B. reminding C. persuading D. suggesting

Answer 1