【推荐3】Nearly 2,000 of us got together at the foot of the Washington Monument (纪念碑) on an early May morning. We were waiting for the opening ceremony of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (乳腺癌)to _________.
A woman passed by and _________ me, “Hi, I’m Mary. Who are you walking for?” she asked, smiling.
“My _________ Leslie,” I said, “Who died 7 years ago.”
As I started to _________, I thought about how lucky I was to have Leslie _________ a college roommate more than 30 years ago. In our freshman year, Leslie and I shared the same _________ — we both loved playing chess. We got to _________ each other over those games, taking turns asking questions about our families, our friends and our _________ and dislikes.
Once I was injured in an accident, I began to get _________. “I need a doctor, but I think the student health center is __________ at 6 pm,” I said to Leslie, holding up my injured finger.
“Come on,” Leslie said, “I know there’s a(n) __________ hospital three blocks down the street. We can walk there.” To cheer me up as we walked, Leslie suggested we tell jokes. I was __________ right away at the hospital, where Leslie and I continued to make each other __________. This kind of warmth could be experienced throughout our friendship.
In 2006, Leslie was diagnosed (诊断) with breast cancer. So I __________ my first Avon Walk in 2010 to __________ Leslie in some way, as she had helped me so many times since the night I hurt my __________.
__________ , Leslie died in 2012, less than a month before her 46th birthday.
I __________ continue to take part in the Avon Walk every year, with the other runners who also have lost __________ they loved, because when I walk I recall my favorite __________ with Leslie.
1. A.repeat | B.change | C.begin | D.work |
2. A.thanked | B.stopped | C.hit | D.greeted |
3. A.teacher | B.wife | C.student | D.friend |
4. 5. 6. A.name | B.hobby | C.family | D.success |
7. A.support | B.know | C.influence | D.see |
8. A.likes | B.dreams | C.worries | D.talents |
9. A.angry | B.surprised | C.proud | D.nervous |
10. A.empty | B.free | C.closed | D.busy |
11. A.unusual | B.nearby | C.noisy | D.uncrowded |
12. A.treated | B.received | C.punished | D.left |
13. A.sad | B.laugh | C.warm | D.understand |
14. A.missed | B.discussed | C.heard | D.joined |
15. A.help | B.save | C.replace | D.persuade |
16. A.finger | B.head | C.life | D.heart |
17. A.Gradually | B.Unluckily | C.Suddenly | D.Lately |
18. A.also | B.still | C.never | D.ever |
19. A.everyone | B.anyone | C.none | D.someone |
20. A.competitions | B.journeys | C.moments | D.courses |