Bob and Annie had not known each other long before they became eager to get married:Bob because he wanted Annie and she because she could at least lead a life away from her1_____. When Mrs.Thompson 2_____ that they marry and live with her until they could get a 3 _____ of their own, Annie hesitated. Her idea of 4_____ had been something which 5 _____her a husband and an orderly, well-furnished home all at once. 6_____ she soon saw the 7_____ of this arrangement. She would, first of all, 8_____ from her present life into a house which was quiet and well run, not 9_____ her own; and she would be able to go on walking so that she and Bob could 10____ up all the more quickly for their own house. She would also get Bob, a good enough husband for any working-class 11_____:good-natured and 12_____ to be bent her way whenever it was 13 _____for her ends.
Things went well until her mother-in-law’s 14_____, when Annie had to give up her 15_____ and was at home all day. Her father-in-law became just a 16_____ figure in the house and 17____Bob became used to him, Annie began to find the old man’s constant 18_____in the house a source of growing annoyance(烦恼).
“He gets on my nerves, Bob,” she said. “And he hardly says a word all day.”
“Well, I suppose he has a 19_____ to do as he likes,” Bob said mildly. “It’s his house not ours.” But to Annie, now looking after the house 20_____ it were her own, it was beginning to seem the other way about.
小题1:1.
A.city | B.family | C.room | D.company |
小题2:2.
A.learned | B.thought | C.heard | D.suggested |
小题3:3.
A.stay | B.child | C.house | D.world |
小题4:4.
A.marriage | B.life | C.future | D.expectation |
小题5:5.
A.give | B.found | C.brought | D.searched |
小题6:6.
A.But | B.So | C.Instead | D.Besides |
小题7:7.
A.difficulty | B.advantage | C.trouble | D.result |
小题8:8.
A.leave | B.make | C.change | D.escape |
小题9:9.
小题10:10.
小题11:11.
A.home | B.character | C.custom | D.girl |
小题12:12.
A.easy | B.ready | C.kind | D.lovely |
小题13:13.
A.necessary | B.right | C.important | D.helpful |
小题14:14.
A.illness | B.arrival | C.death | D.appearance |
小题15:15.
A.job | B.idea | C.decision | D.dream |
小题16:16.
A.active | B.funny | C.strange | D.silent |
小题17:17.
A.until | B.although | C.before | D.when |
小题18:18.
A.rest | B.work | C.presence | D.cough |
小题19:19.
A.right | B.way | C.wish | D.freedom |
小题20:20.
A.because | B.if | C.even though | D.as if |