7、The lady with the white fence taught me to leave the gate to life open………

When my husband died of a brain disease, I became very angry. Life was not   1  . I hated being alone. One day, as I was  2  down a busy street in town, I suddenly noticed a new fence, www.ks5u.com which was being set up  3  a house. I pulled off to the side to really admire the fence. The carpenter had done such a good job that my eyes almost   4   up with tears. I could not  5  myself away. I stopped the engine, went over and touched the fence. It still  6  of fresh paint. I could hear a lady was trying to start the lawn mower（除草机） in the back garden.

“Hello!” I shouted and   7   at her. “Well, hello!” She stood up and wiped her hands in the apron. “I ——I came to see the fence. It is so beautiful!” I said.

“The fence is not there for my  8  ”, the lady explained to me in a(n)9    voice. “I live alone. But so many people drive by every day, and I thought they  10  be glad to see something really nice. People see my fence and wave.  11   stop like you and come up to veranda(走廊) to have a chat.”

“  12  weren’t you sad when they expanded the road and everything changed so much?” I asked.

Her reply  13  my life. “Change is a part of life and takes part in  14 us who we are. When something we do not like happens to us, we have two choices: to become a  15  person or to become a better person.”

I carefully left the gate  16  and drove on with a new feeling inside me. I could not  17  what it was, but I could feel the  18  stone wall around my angry heart breaking off. And  19  a pretty white fence was built. I decided that I would keep the gate open for everything and everyone that came my   20  .

1．A．fair                      B．unhappy            C．successful            D．unknown

2．A．walking                B．driving               C．wandering            D．running

3．A．near                      B．beside                C．around                 D．in

4．A．welled                  B．dried                  C．took                     D．kept

5．A．put                      B．tear                    C．send                    D．carry

6．A．felt                       B．tasted                 C．sounded               D．smelled

7．A．looked                  B．stared                 C．waved                  D．glared

8．A．sake                     B．street                 C．job                       D．income

9．A．angry                    B．frightened           C．doubted                D．pleasant

10．A．ought to             B．should                C．might                  D．have to

11．A．Everyone             B．Nobody              C．A few                  D．Few

12．A．So                      B．But                    C．Thus                    D．Though

13．A．gave                   B．changed             C．charged                D．cost

14．A．making                B．leaving               C．finding                 D．catching

15．A．better                  B．bitter                  C．best                     D．worst

16．A．open                   B．closed                C．broken                 D．locked

17．A．discuss               B．speak                 C．talk                      D．tell

18．A．thin                     B．weak                  C．broken                 D．thick

19．A．unfortunately       B．besides               C．disappointedly       D．instead

20．A．position              B．way                    C．route                    D．method