16.The opening and closing of doors are the most significant actions of man's life.What a(36)Alies in doors!
No man knows what awaits him when he opens a door.(37)Cthe most familiar room,the clock ticks and the hearth glows red at dusk may harbor(38)C.The worker may actually called and(39)Bthe leaking pipe.The cook may have been ill and demanded her passports.
THese are many kinds of doors.Revolving doors for hotels,shops and public buildings.These are(40)D the busy,bustling ways of modern life.Can you (41)A William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens skipping through a (42)D door?There are double doors,sliding doors,stage doors and glass doors.The (43)A and mystery of a door lies in its quality of being hidden.A glass door is not a door at all,but a window.The meaning of a door is to(44)B what lies inside; to keep the heart in suspense.
Also,there are many ways of opening doors.There is the cheery (45)C of elbow with which the waiter opens the kitchen door.There is the sympathetic and awful (46)A of the dentist's maid who opens the door into the operating room and,without speaking,C(47)C that the doctor is ready for you.
The opening of doors has in it some flavor of the (48)D,some sense of moving into a new moment.Even in (49)C,the opening of a door may bring relief.But the closing of doors could be (50)B,A door closed brings (51)D to an end.And there are degrees of sadness in the closing of doors.A door slammed is a confession of weakness.A door(52)C shut may often be the most tragic gesture in life.
The opening and closing of doors is a part of the serious fluency of life.Life will not stay (53)A and let us alone.We are (54)B opening doors with hope,closing them with despair.Life (55)D not much longer than a pipe of tobacco,and destiny knocks us out like the ashes.
36.A.mystery | B.relief | C.scenery | D.pleasure |
37.A.So | B.Still | C.Even | D.Also |
38.A.wishes | B.puzzles | C.surprises | D.changes |
39.A.checked | B.fixed | C.wrapped | D.removed |
40.A.essential to | B.different from | C.consistent with | D.typical of |
41.A.imagine | B.suggest | C.catch | D.notice |
42.A.stage | B.sliding | C.glass | D.revolving |
43.A.symbol | B.miracle | C.sign | D.mark |
44.A.busy | B.hide | C.discover | D.Exhibit |
45.A.knock | B.bump | C.push | D.touch |
46.A.silence | B.noise | C.voice | D.peace |
47.A.a(chǎn)nnounce | B.a(chǎn)dmits | C.implies | D.expects |
48.A.darkness | B.certainty | C.possibility | D.unknown |
49.A.vain | B.hope | C.sadness | D.happiness |
50.A.easy | B.terrible | C.dull | D.interesting |
51.A.nothing | B.everything | C.a(chǎn)nything | D.something |
52.A.heavily | B.hurriedly | C.gently | D.firmly |
53.A.still | B.calm | C.silent | D.simple |
54.A.naturally | B.continually | C.obviously | D.possibly |
55.A.measure | B.matches | C.reaches | D.lasts |