10 . The train had been long delayed. Running out of _______, Andy put down his book and looked out. He found the _______ at once: It was raining hard.
He lay down and fell asleep but was soon woken up by a woman. She handed him his bag and _______ that it had slipped to the floor. He gratefully took it back and opened it, _______ to see his mother’s scarf and some sandwiches inside.
Andy's thoughts drifted (飘) to when he was _______. His mother had insisted on putting her scarf in. “If it rains, it may get cold.” He remembered feeling _______ and had taken it out. But it was still here.
_______, Andy realized he was burning with fever. Feeling helpless, he called his mom. “Take a _______. I have put in medicine, just _______,” she suggested. Touched by his mother’s ________, he took the medicine and soon fell deep asleep in the ________ of the scarf.
Andy woke up later feeling much better. Then he noticed the woman, who’d ________ him pick up his bag earlier, ________ holding a baby in her arms, both shaking. Their clothes did little against the cold wind.
Without thinking twice, Andy wrapped his mother’s scarf around the baby. To his ________, the child soon fell asleep in the love of not one, but two ________.
1. A.luck | B.patience | C.time | D.energy |
2. A.train | B.truth | C.cause | D.notice |
3. A.insisted | B.explained | C.apologized | D.admitted |
4. A.surprised | B.ready | C.thankful | D.frightened |
5. A.checking | B.leaving | C.planning | D.packing |
6. A.hurt | B.annoyed | C.ashamed | D.puzzled |
7. A.Lately | B.Finally | C.Suddenly | D.Instantly |
8. A.look | B.pill | C.rest | D.sandwich |
9. A.for safety | B.on purpose | C.in case | D.by accident |
10. A.calmness | B.confidence | C.comfort | D.concern |
11. A.warmth | B.memory | C.smell | D.touch |
12. A.helped | B.pleased | C.disturbed | D.greeted |
13. A.carefully | B.casually | C.gently | D.tightly |
14. A.relief | B.amazement | C.mind | D.advantage |
15. A.arms | B.scarfs | C.passengers | D.mothers |