7.The hurricane ripped (撕) through my house every Sunday morning before church.The cupboard was (21)A apart every time my family were going to a nice dinner,or she had an(22)Cbusiness meeting.I thought she would stop looking for it when we moved houses,which (23)Bdidn't happen.And now,fifteen years later,my mother still(24)Athe obligatory (習(xí)慣性的) search before every holiday.And my father,as he always did,will help her.
The (25)Dof this search:a pale pink Hermes scarf.She bought it on her first trip to New York City; it was her first extravagance (奢侈品).
It's been missing all these years,(26)B a few weeks ago during a memory exercise in my writing class,I solved the mystery of the missing scarf.It(27)D me as I shared a story about my first pet:my hamster (倉鼠),Pooky.
The scarf has a beautiful color of pink,(28)Bas a feather,and so soft to touch that when I brought home Pooky for the first time,it was the(29)Cthing where I could hold the poor thing to keep him from (30)A.Pooky became unusually(31)Dto the scarf after that.So(32)Dthat when my mother went to another city for her weekly business meetings,I put the scarf onto the bed in Pooky's cage to keep him (33)Cand warm.Pooky didn't last long.(34)A,by the time Mom came home three days later,Pooky was dead and buried.
I was recalling this(35)Bwhen something struck me.Suddenly,I had a(36)C picture of my dad sitting down next to me where I lay next to Pooky's body,crying.I remembered Dad looking at me,with my eyes all red (37)Dcrying,and then at the scarf,before he (38)Aand lifted Pooky and the(39)Cinto the shoe box.We buried Pooky in the ground with such an expensive scarf!
My dad knew(40)Bwhere the scarf was,and he had never told.He just didn't want to hurt either his wife or his son.
21.A.torn | B.robbed | C.pulled | D.opened |
22.A.informal | B.a(chǎn)nnual | C.important | D.endless |
23.A.happily | B.obviously | C.necessarily | D.briefly |
24.A.performs | B.carries | C.develops | D.grasps |
25.A.key | B.prize | C.stage | D.object |
26.A.a(chǎn)nd | B.but | C.so | D.a(chǎn)ll |
27.A.stuck around | B.run across | C.made for | D.occurred to |
28.A.bright | B.light | C.loose | D.thick |
29.A.same | B.last | C.only | D.rare |
30.A.trembling | B.screaming | C.wandering | D.sleeping |
31.A.sensitive | B.exposed | C.positive | D.a(chǎn)ttached |
32.A.little | B.many | C.few | D.much |
33.A.a(chǎn)live | B.mild | C.calm | D.steady |
34.A.In fact | B.To be honest | C.In a way | D.Worse still |
35.A.a(chǎn)rticle | B.memory | C.shadow | D.scenery |
36.A.familiar | B.slight | C.vivid | D.tough |
37.A.on | B.beyond | C.in | D.from |
38.A.sighed | B.wept | C.nodded | D.bowed |
39.A.shoe | B.pet | C.scarf | D.body |
40.A.entirely | B.exactly | C.basically | D.directly. |