12.The (16)Bpicked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his (17)D,who were a father and daughter,and put the lid on the cup with a clink.Obviously (18)Dof something,he hurried into the inner room,leaving the (19)Aon the table.His two guests heard several drawers opening and a rustling (颯颯響聲).
They (20)Bsitting in the living-room,the 10-year-old daughter,looking at the flowers outside the window.The father was just about to take his cup when the (21)Ccame,right there in the living-room.Something was hopelessly broken.
It was the thermos,which had fallen to the floor.The girl looked (22)Dher shoulder at once,startled (嚇一跳),(23)A.It was(24)C.Neither of them had touched it,not even a little bit.The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room.He looked at the (25)Bfloor and blurted out(脫口而出),"It doesn't matter,it doesn't matter!"
The father started to say something.Then he muttered(嘀咕),"Sorry,I (26)A it and it fell."
"It doesn't matter,"the host said.
Later,when they left the house the daughter said,"Daddy,I saw your(27)Cin the windowpane (窗玻璃).You were sitting perfectly (28)B.Why did you say…?"
The father (29)C,"What then would you (30)Das the cause of its fall?"
"It fell by itself!Maybe the floor is uneven.It wasn't steady when Mr.Li put it there."
"It won't (31)A,girl.It sounds more (32)Cwhen I say I touched it.There are things people accept less the more you (33)Athem.The truer your story is,the less true it sounds."
The daughter was (34)Din silence for a while.Then she said,"Can you explain it only this way?"
"Only this way,"the father laughed again."Since life is not perfect,sometimes we need to deal with it with a white (35)B."
16.A.owner | B.host | C.guest | D.master |
17.A.friends | B.neighbors | C.children | D.guests |
18.A.knowing | B.remembering | C.hearing | D.thinking |
19.A.thermos | B.cup | C.lid | D.tea |
20.A.enjoyed | B.remained | C.imagined | D.hated |
21.A.stranger | B.host | C.crash | D.noise |
22.A.a(chǎn)round | B.a(chǎn)t | C.behind | D.over |
23.A.staring | B.glaring | C.observing | D.glancing |
24.A.helpless | B.exciting | C.strange | D.terrible |
25.A.breaking | B.steaming | C.sinking | D.flooding |
26.A.touched | B.used | C.hit | D.moved |
27.A.expression | B.shadow | C.reflection | D.a(chǎn)ction |
28.A.calm | B.still | C.silent | D.straight |
29.A.shouted | B.recalled | C.laughed | D.repeated |
30.A.tell | B.make | C.a(chǎn)ccept | D.give |
31.A.do | B.help | C.go | D.suit |
32.A.comfortable | B.friendly | C.a(chǎn)cceptable | D.a(chǎn)greeable |
33.A.defend | B.support | C.discuss | D.a(chǎn)rgue |
34.A.kept | B.shut | C.worried | D.lost |
35.A.a(chǎn)ction | B.lie | C.excuse | D.devotion |