I first met her on the beach near where I live．I drive to this beach．a(chǎn)  36  of three or four miles, when-ever I’m feeling down．At that time she was  37  something．

    Looking  38  ，she said，”Hello．”I nodded，not wanting to  39  with a small child．

    “I’m Wendy and I’m building something．”she said．

    “I see．But what is it?” I asked，not   40 ．

    “Don’t know，I just like the   41   of sand．”

    A sandpiper(磯鷂鳥(niǎo))flew by．

    “That’s a   42  ．Mum says sandpipers come to bring us joy．”

    “Good―bye，joy，”I thought to myself，”Hello， 43  ．”and walked away．My life then seemed completely out of   44 ．

    “Come again，”she called．”and have another   45  day．”

    But the days and weeks that followed   46  to other people：naughty boys and a  47 mother．One morning I suddenly realized I needed my  48  and headed for the beach．The breeze was cool．but I walked along，trying to recapture(捕捉)the inner peace I needed．I had almost  49  the child so I was surprised

  when she appeared．

    “  50  do you live?” I asked．She pointed toward a summer cottage．

    Then one day，I rushed to my beach in great pain，even in no  51  to greet the girl．”If you don’t mind，”I said coldly，”I’d rather be  52  today．”She seemed unusually  53  and out of breath．

    “Why?” she asked．

    “My mother died! “

    “Did it hurt when she died?”

    “Of course it hurt!” I shouted，misunderstanding her．

    When I next went to the beach，she wasn’t there．Feeling  54  ，and admitting I  55  her，I went up to the cottage．A woman answered the door．”Wendy，my daughter，died last week．She had leukemia(白血病)．Maybe she didn’t tell you．”

I first met her on the beach near where I live．I drive to this beach, a  1  of three or four miles, whenever I’m feeling down．At that time she was  2  something．

    Looking  3  ，she said，“Hello．”I nodded，not wanting to  4  with a small child．

    “I’m Wendy and I’m building something．”she said．

    “I see, but what is it?” I asked，not   5 ．

    “Don’t know，I just like the   6   of sand．”

    A sandpiper（磯鷂鳥(niǎo)）flew by．

    “That’s a   7  ．Mum says sandpipers come to bring us joy．”

    “Good-bye，joy，”I thought to myself，”Hello， 8  ．”and walked away．My life then seemed completely out of   9 ．

    “Come again，”she called．”and have another   10  day．”

But the days and weeks that followed   11  to other people：naughty boys and a  12 mother．One morning I suddenly realized I needed my  13  and headed for the beach．The breeze was cool, but I walked along，trying to recapture（捕捉）the inner peace I needed．I had almost  14  the child so I was surprised when she appeared．

    “  15  do you live?” I asked．She pointed toward a summer cottage．

    “Why?” she asked．

    “My mother died! “

    “Did it hurt when she died?”

    “Of course it hurt!” I shouted，misunderstanding her．

When I next went to the beach, she wasn’t there. Feeling   19  , and admitting I  20   her,

I went up to the cottage. A woman answered the door. “Wendy, my daughter, died last week. She had leukemia（白血病）. May be she didn’t tell you.”

1．A．length                   B．distance               C．space                  D．reach

2．A．observing              B．drawing               C．building               D．collecting

3．A．up                        B．out                      C．down                  D．over

4．A．work                    B．play                    C．stay                    D．talk

5．A．caring                   B．seeing                 C．wanting               D．worrying

6．A．feel                       B．sense                  C．smell                   D．comfort

7．A．sorrow                 B．joy                      C．pity                     D．lie

8．A．comfort                B．pleasure               C．kindness              D．pain

9．A．balance                 B．sight                   C．mind                   D．range

10．A．sad                     B．happy                  C．busy                   D．fine

11．A．a(chǎn)dded                  B．led                      C．belonged             D．related

12．A．kind                    B．poor                    C．lonely                  D．sick

13．A．partner                B．sandpiper             C．chance                D．holiday

14．A．searched             B．known                C．noticed                D．forgotten

15．A．How               B．What             C．Where         D．Which

16．A．mood             B．time                C．way           D．place

17．A．a(chǎn)lone              B．lonely             C．unique         D．special

18．A．happy             B．pale               C．good          D．powerful

19．A．sorry              B．excited           C．cold           D．puzzled

20．A．cheated           B．lost               C．troubled        D．missed