【推荐3】The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady came in and asked, “You don’t
____ the house any more?” He kept silent and she
____ shook her head.
The landlady began
____ the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have
____ my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent it to others?”
She began looking around her
____room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply
____ to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for
____ you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”
This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other
____. At that time, she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the
____ once she entered the room, staring at the whole
____and feeling terribly upset. Then he began
____ more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which
____ his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to
____ their wedding photo frame.
The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were
____, the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were
____ nonstop through these holes.
She
____ to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house
____ we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.
She
____realized that marriage was like a wall and that all
____ and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall
____, when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.
1. A.like | B.clean | C.rent | D.keep |
2. A.simply | B.barely | C.coldly | D.proudly |
3. A.observing | B.examining | C.watching | D.spotting |
4. A.shared | B.ruined | C.kept | D.decorated |
5. A.familiar | B.dirty | C.empty | D.bright |
6. A.devoted | B.attached | C.optimistic | D.guilty |
7. A.leaving | B.having | C.asking | D.getting |
8. A.clothes | B.pictures | C.umbrellas | D.hats |
9. A.floor | B.wall | C.ceiling | D.door |
10. A.trouble | B.mess | C.confusion | D.order |
11. A.putting | B.striking | C.driving | D.beating |
12. A.hung | B.fastened | C.dropped | D.swung |
13. A.connect | B.fix | C.hang | D.put |
14. A.replaced | B.separated | C.unfastened | D.removed |
15. A.crying | B.aching | C.bleeding | D.disturbing |
16. A.jumped | B.held | C.stuck | D.got |
17. 18. A.especially | B.eventually | C.fortunately | D.sadly |
19. A.chaos | B.troubles | C.quarrels | D.challenges |
20. A.Therefore | B.Besides | C.Thus | D.However |