Michael and I hardly noticed when the waitress came and placed the plate on our table. Our exchange was lively. As our sweet 5 continued, my eyes glanced 6 the restaurant, stopping at a(n) 7 cou-ple sitting at the small corner table. 8 drew my thoughts to them was their undisturbed silence. It seemed that a sad emptiness 9 their little corner. As the conversation between Michael and I varied from 10     to whispers,and much to my surprise,this couple's  11 even caught my attention. How sad, I thought, not to have anything to   12  What if that happened to us?

Michael and I 13 our bill and got up to leave the restaurant. As we 14 by the corner where the old couple sat,I dropped my wallet 15 ！ Bending over to pick it up, I 16 that under the table, each of their 17 hands was gently placed in the other's. They had been  18  hands all the time!

I stood up and felt ashamed by the 19 act of connection I had witnessed. The man's gentle caress(愛(ài)撫)of his wife's tired fingers filled not only what I had20  recognized as an emotionally empty corner, but also my heart. Theirs was not the uncomfortable silence on first date.

No,theirs was a comfortable, relaxed ease, a gentle 21  that did not always need words to express 22  They had probably 23 this hour of morning with each other for a long time,and maybe today wasn't that different from yesterday, 24 they were at peace

with that,and with each other.

Maybe, I thought,it wouldn't be so bad if someday that was us. Maybe, it would be kind of nice.

5.    A.  introduction    B. conversation

C.  association      D. presentation

6.    A,  at     B. over

C.    across      D.    through

7.    A.    young     B.    friendly

C.    elderly    D.    anxious

8.    A.    What       B.    That

C.    Who       D.    Which

9.    A.    covered   B.    filled

C.  limited    D. controlled

10.   A.  laughs     B. cries

C.  arguments       D. screams

11.   A.   stillness B. patience

C.  personality      D. movement

12.   A.  do    B. discuss

C.  explain    D. say

13.   A.  took B. gave

C.  paid D. ordered

14.   A.   waited   B. rushed

C.  slipped    D. walked

15.   A.   by accident   B.  at will

C.  in surprise       D.   on purpose

16.   A.  realized   B. felt

C.  noticed    D. heard

17.   A.   small     B. free

C.   special       D. right

18.   A.  raising     B. shaking

C.  moving    D, holding

19.   A.   funny    B. strange

C.  simple     D. common

20.   A.   normally       B. previously

C.  eventually       D. frequently

21.   A.  worry      B. idea

C.   doubt           D. love

22.   A.  himself    B. herself

C.  themselves      D. itself

23.   A.  spread     B. shared

C.   wasted   D. saved

24.   A.  but   B. so

C.  and  D. or

【文章大意】本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。愛(ài)并不總是用言語(yǔ)才能表達(dá)，有時(shí)此處無(wú)聲勝有聲。

B introduction介紹；conversation談話；association聯(lián)系,協(xié)會(huì)；presentation展示。根據(jù)下文的"As the conversation be?tween Michael and I varied from..."提示可知,此處表示作者和朋友聊得很開心，故選B項(xiàng)。

C at朝（某方向）；over在上方；across穿過(guò)（平面概念）； through穿越（立體概念）。此處表示眼睛掃過(guò)整個(gè)餐廳，然后注意到那對(duì)年長(zhǎng)的夫婦，故選C項(xiàng)。

C young年輕的；friendly友好的；elderly老的，年長(zhǎng)的；anx?ious 焦慮的。根據(jù)第二段的第二句"…where the old couple sat..."可知，作者所關(guān)注的那對(duì)夫婦年事已高，故選C項(xiàng)。

A what引導(dǎo)主語(yǔ)從句，在從句中作主語(yǔ)，符合語(yǔ)境，故選A項(xiàng)。

B cover覆蓋，報(bào)道；fill充滿；limit限制；control控制。根據(jù)下文第三段的第二句"The man's gentle caress(愛(ài)撫）of his wife's tired fingers filled not only what I had…recognized as an emotionally empty corner, but also my heart."可知，此處表示"充滿"，故選B項(xiàng)。

A laugh笑聲；cry叫，喊；argument爭(zhēng)吵；scream尖叫。根據(jù)上文的語(yǔ)境可知，此處表示"笑聲"，故選A項(xiàng).

A stillness靜止不動(dòng)；patience耐心；personality個(gè)性； movement運(yùn)動(dòng)。根據(jù)上文的silence可知，此處表示"靜寂， 一動(dòng)不動(dòng)"。故選A項(xiàng)。

D do做；discuss討論；explain解釋；say說(shuō)。根據(jù)上文描寫那對(duì)夫婦的silence可

知，此處應(yīng)表示那對(duì)夫婦無(wú)話可說(shuō)，與作者和朋友的愉快談話形成對(duì)比，故選D項(xiàng)。

C take拿；give給；pay支付；order命令。根據(jù)后面的bill 可知此處為支付賬單。故選C項(xiàng)。

D wait等待；rush迅速移動(dòng)；slip滑，溜；walk走路。根據(jù)此處與上文的"— got up to leave the restaurant."呼應(yīng)可知， 此處表示路過(guò)，故選D項(xiàng)。

A by accident偶然；at will任意，隨意；in surprise吃驚地； on purpose故意地。根據(jù)上文中作者和朋友結(jié)賬離開可知， 此處表示"無(wú)意間錢包掉了"，故選A項(xiàng)。

C realize意識(shí)到；feel感覺(jué)到；notice注意到；hear聽到。根據(jù)下文的"...I had witnessed."可知，作者無(wú)意間注意到，故選C項(xiàng)。

B small小的；free自由的，空閑的；special特別的；right正確的，恰當(dāng)?shù)�。故事發(fā)生在餐館，人們是去就餐的，因此在桌子底下拉著的手只能是空閑的那只手了。故選B項(xiàng)。

D   raise舉起，養(yǎng)育，籌集；shake搖動(dòng)；move移動(dòng)；hold抓住，舉行，控制。根據(jù)上文"…each of their…h(huán)ands was gently placed in the other's."可知，他們彼此手拉著手，故選D項(xiàng)。

C funny有趣的，可笑的；strange奇怪的；simple簡(jiǎn)單的； common普通的，共同的。夫妻之間手牽手是再正常、再簡(jiǎn)單不過(guò)的事情了，故選c項(xiàng)。

B normally正常地；previously以前；eventually最終；fre-qiumtly經(jīng)常地。根據(jù)此處與第一段呼應(yīng)可知，作者之前認(rèn)為那對(duì)老夫婦的沉默是一種空虛的表現(xiàn)，故選B項(xiàng)。

D worry擔(dān)心；idea主意；doubt懷疑；love愛(ài)。根據(jù)上文的caress (愛(ài)撫）提示詞可知，此處表示老夫妻兩人之間濃濃的愛(ài)意，故選D項(xiàng)。

D himself他自己；herself她自己；themselves他們自己； itself它自己。由語(yǔ)境可知選D項(xiàng)。

B spread傳播，延展；share分享；waste浪費(fèi)；save節(jié)約。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，老夫妻兩

人在一起共度美好生活，故選B項(xiàng)。

A根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，上下文表示邏輯上的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選A項(xiàng)。

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