A（考点20中难）
I walked into a bank in town a couple of days ago and waited in the queue. I was the second 1 and I couldn’t help overhearing the 2 in front of me. The bank clerk must have been having a(an) 3 day and after asking how the 4 was and so on, he began to complain about our government, 5 them for not doing enough to 6 the coast from storms and floods as this had been much on the news at the time.
He was in 7 spirits and you could tell that he was really 8 about a lot of things going on in the world.
My heart went out to him. I was 9 next and all I could do was 10 . I didn’t have any words. Afterwards, it 11 to me something that had been running under my own thoughts.
So I left the bank, found a 12 and on it I wrote: Sometimes the bad parts of the world seem so 13 . There are so many sad things going on in the news. They make it hard to see 14 going on around us. But that doesn’t 15 life right now can’t be beautiful. All you have to do is open your eyes. It’s in the gaps(缝隙) that beauty is 16 .
I 17 the postcard back into the bank, wandered around and 18 it on a table, 19 that the bank clerk would find it. Whether he did or not, I never found out, but it 20 would do someone some good, which I’m certain of.
1.A.in sight B.in the way C.in line D.in time
2.A.story B.noise C.quarrel D.conversation
3.A.perfect B.bad C.nervous D.unfortunate
4.A.customer B.farmer C.thinker D.officer
5.A.praising B.blaming C.doubting D.punishing
6.A.prevent B.remove C.separate D.protect
7.A.low B.high C.good D.strange
8.A.excited B.trouble C.cautious D.curious
9.A.served B.paid C.refused D.invited
10.A.comfort B.smile C.scream D.criticize
11.A.seemed B.happened C.came D.looked
12.A.pen B.desk C.postcard D.book
13.A.disappointing B.encouraging C.delightful D.interesting
14.A.fight B.pollution C.luckiness D.beauty
15.A.tell B.feel C.mean D.teach
16.A.found B.built C.missed D.neglected
17.A.passed B.mailed C.took D.lost
18.A.wrote B.hid C.announced D.left
19.A.advising B.hoping C.watching D.guessing
20.A.surely B.suddenly C.hardly D.lately
