3 . One day when I was about nine years old, I ran into my mother’s bedroom and opened the dresser(化妆台). Then in the top drawer was a small________jewelry box. I was fascinated by its treasures. Then I saw there was something________under a piece of cloth.________the cloth, I found a little white chip of china(瓷器). Why did my mother keep such a________thing? Shining slightly in the light, it________no answers.
Some months later, I was setting the dinner table when my neighbor Marge knocked at the door. Coming in and________the table, Marge said, “Oh, you are expecting company. I'll________another time."
“No, come on in,” Mum replied. “We are not________anyone."
“But isn’t that your good china?” Marge asked. “I’d________trust kids to handle my good dishes!”
Mum laughed. “Tonight’s my family’s favorite meal. If you set your best table for a(n)________meal with guests, why not for your own________? A few broken plates are a small________to pay for the joy we get. ” Then she added, “________,every chip and crack has a story to tell.”
Mum went to the cupboard and took down a plate. She said, “Seeing this________on the edge(边缘) here? It happened when I was 17.”
Her voice________. “One day my brother invited a young man to dinner and sat him next to me. I was so________that when I took the plate, it________and knocked against the fork. As the young man was leaving, he________a piece of broken china in my hand without saying a word.”
I couldn’t forget about that plate with the________chip. I went up to take out the little wooden jewelry box again. I examined the chip________. The chip which my mother had saved with care belonged to the plate she broke on the day she met my father.
1. A.silver | B.gold | C.china | D.wooden |
2. A.hidden | B.unpaid | C.removed | D.fixed |
3. A.Covering | B.Tearing | C.Seeking | D.Lifting |
4. A.broken | B.genuine | C.beautiful | D.valuable |
5. A.found | B.invented | C.offered | D.selected |
6. A.glaring at | B.glancing at | C.looking on | D.spying on |
7. A.go by | B.pass by | C.stop by | D.stand by |
8. A.inviting | B.expecting | C.consulting | D.celebrating |
9. A.always | B.sometimes | C.never | D.regularly |
10. A.common | B.strange | C.unbelievable | D.special |
11. A.family | B.relative | C.neighbor | D.ancestor |
12. A.value | B.fault | C.bet | D.price |
13. A.However | B.Though | C.Besides | D.Otherwise |
14. A.break | B.scene | C.spot | D.design |
15. A.hardened | B.softened | C.sharpened | D.weakened |
16. A.nervous | B.anxious | C.surprised | D.pleased |
17. A.jumped | B.escaped | C.slipped | D.left |
18. A.threw | B.laid | C.examined | D.picked |
19. A.replaced | B.penniless | C.remaining | D.missing |
20. A.secretly | B.carefully | C.gratefully | D.proudly |