Recently divorced and unemployed，I was on my way downtown to do the rounds of the employment offices.I had no umbrella，for my old one had ____，and I could not ____ another one.
I sat down in the ____ and there against my seat was a(n) ___ silk umbrella with a silver handle.I had ____ seen anything so lovely.I examined the handle and saw a carved ___.The usual procedure would have been to ____ the umbrella to the conductor，but an idea ____ to me.I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the bus in a downpour and ____ opened the umbrella to protect myself.Then I ____ a telephone book for the name on the umbrella.I called and a lady ____.
Yes，she said ____，that was her umbrella，which her parents，now dead，had given her as a birthday present.But，she ____，it had been stolen ____ her doorstep a month before.
She was so excited that I ____ I was looking for a job and went directly to her house.She took the umbrella，and her eyes were filled with ____.She wanted to give me a ____，but－though twenty dollars was all I had in the world－her happiness at regaining this ____ possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have ____ something.We talked for a while and I left.
A week later，I got a job as a sales manager ____.It might be my kindness that paid off.But who knows?
| 小题1: | | A．broken up | B．gone away | C．fallen apart | D．faded away |
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| 小题2: | | A．afford | B．borrow | C．find | D．repair |
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| 小题3: | | A．office | B．bus | C．theater | D．train |
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| 小题4: | | A．ugly | B．beautiful | C．worn | D．ancient |
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| 小题5: | | A．even | B．always | C．already | D．never |
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| 小题6: | | A．design | B．number | C．name | D．brand |
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| 小题7: | | A．turn in | B．show off | | C．open up | D．carry away |
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| 小题8: | | A．occurred | B．ran | C．struck | D．happened |
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| 小题9: | | A．firmly | B．suddenly | | C．casually | D．thankfully |
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| 小题10: | | A．read | B．searched | C．got | D．used |
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| 小题11: | | A．appeared | B．replied | C．answered | D．screamed |
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| 小题12: | | A．in surprise | B．in panic | C．in silence | D．in anger |
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| 小题13: | | A．assumed | B．added | C．declared | D．announced |
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| 小题15: | | A．mentioned | B．forgot | C．realized | D．remembered |
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| 小题16: | | A．memory | B．honor | C．tears | D．thanks |
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| 小题17: | | A．gift | B．position | C．hug | D．reward |
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| 小题18: | | A．expensive | B．common | C．rare | D．special |
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| 小题19: | | A．bought | B．ruined | C．expressed | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题20: | | A．immediately | B．naturally | | C．hopefully | D．unexpectedly |
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