1 . When I was 24, I moved into an apartment and the couple next door were loud all the time. After putting up with it for a couple of weeks, I decided to ________ them and politely ask them to be ________ after noon, as I had to work at midnight, so I ________ went to bed around noon.
I went next door and knocked on the door and an old woman answered.I ________myself and she asked if I came over to complain about the ________, and I said yes. She________ both she and her husband were going ________ and that they needed to speak loudly to hear each other, She invited me in and ________ me a coffee and we started talking. ________, we heard a loud bang (巨响) in the kitchen. Then we found her husband had fallen onto the ground. Immediately, we ________ him to to hospital.
When I came home from work the next day, there was a ________ on the door from the lady asking me to come over. When I reached her ________, she asked if I'd drive her to the hospital, to which I said no ________. When we got to the hospital, I followed her to her husband's room, where he ________ me. Soon I ended up being friends with this couple ________ they moved away a year later.
One day after ten years, I got a ________ from a lawyer. I was ________ what was going on, so I went down and when I arrived at his office, the lawyer asked me knew a ________ by the couple's names and I said yes. He told me that the couple had died and he was employed by their children to find me. They wanted to thank me ________. I met the family and then we became friends! You can never know when, where or how you are next going to make new friends. Life is full of ________ . Whatever happens, try to treat others exactly as you would like to be treated.
1. A.challenge | B.treat | C.punish | D.face |
2. A.quieter | B.calmer | C.kinder | D.slower |
3. A.seldom | B.already | C.always | D.still |
4. A.expressed | B.introduced | C.improved | D.examined |
5. A.stress | B.pain | C.alarm | D.noise |
6. A.explained | B.described | C.guessed | D.believed |
7. A.weak | B.blind | C.deaf | D.disabled |
8. A.brought | B.offered | C.bought | D.ordered |
9. A.Secretly | B.Unfortunately | C.Naturally | D.Suddenly |
10. A.invited | B.forced | C.rushed | D.led |
11. A.report | B.note | C.notice | D.bill |
12. A.home | B.car | C.office | D.door |
13. A.doubt | B.way | C.matter | D.problem |
14. A.punished | B.thanked | C.scolded | D.annoyed |
15. A.since | B.before | C.until | D.while |
16. A.call | B.visit | C.warning | D.question |
17. A.wondering | B.imagining | C.describing | D.recording |
18. A.team | B.patient | C.doctor | D.couple |
19. A.by mistake | B.on purpose | C.in person | D.in public |
20. A.dangers | B.surprises | C.choices | D.dreams |