1 . This morning, when 1 shaved in the mirror. I found my body was growing older. There was no doubt about it My __ which used to be brown with a touch of gray was now gray with a touch of brown. There was even so __ hair left on the top of the head. My forehead wrinkles appeared when I smiled I thought about letting my __ grow for a second but I didn't really want to look like Father Christmas.
When 1 stepped back. I could see I had become __ as well. It's because while my metabolism (新陈代谢)had __ ,my eating hadn't. My muscles were painful and my body was also __ , However, the work must go on. ______ was my deepest love. An article in my __ seemed to be formed I was thinking of writing the words down in case 1 would __ them when 1 came into my study. When I looked in the mirror again. I ____ and felt a joy in my heart. 1 thought that no matter how old I looked my soul was forever ______. The truth is while I have been gradually growing older on the outside, 1 have been for a while. growing younger on the inside. I can remember how serious, __ _ and worried I was in my twenties and thirties. I often felt the burden of life was _____ heavy. But now at fifty, my heart feels __ and my days look brighter. 1 have more faith and less fear. In the end. all of our bodies will __ and die. but our soul won’t.
1. A.hair | B.skin | C.eyes | D.hands |
2. A.thick | B.beautiful | C.little | D.black |
3. A.beard | B.crops | C.body | D.kids |
4. A.smaller | B.stronger | C.healthier | D.fatter |
5. A.made up | B.slowed down | C.left off | D.came round |
6. A.relaxed | B.athletic | C.clean | D.weak |
7. A.Listening | B.Speaking | C.Writing | D.Reading |
8. A.book | B.note | C.mind | D.mouth |
9. A.recognize | B.control | C.replace | D.forget |
10. A.smiled | B.shouted | C.waved | D.appeared |
11. A.low | B.lonely | C.young | D.bright |
12. A.pleased | B.stressed | C.amazed | D.excited |
13. A.extremely | B.hardly | C.impossibly | D.uncertainly |
14. A.politer | B.lighter | C.heavier | D.prouder |
15. A.come in | B.give in | C.break out | D.wear out |