Onceagaintheoldcouplewalkedintothelawyer'soffice．Thelawyerwasstillvery（26）afterhavingachatwiththem．Hehada（27）timegettingtoknowtheiraffairs．Thiscouplehadbeen（28）for40years．Nothingeverse

Question

Once again the old couple walked into the lawyer's office．The lawyer was still very （26）___    after having a chat with them．He had a（27）___time getting to know their affairs．This couple had been（28）___for 40 years．Nothing ever seemed to go right．
    They didn't get divorced（29）___they were afraid that it might（30）___their children's（31）___．Now all their children had already graduated and left．There was nothing to（32）___．All they wanted was to lead their own life free from all these years of （33）___from their marriage，so they（34）___on a divorce．
    Having（35）___ the papers，they had a  （36）___ together．
    When dishes were served，immediately the old man took （37）___for the old lady．"Take this，it's your favorite．"
    But the wife（38）___，"This is always the problem．You always think so highly of yourself，（39）___   thinking about how I feel．Don't you know that I hate chicken？"Little did she know that，（40）___  forty years，her husband had been trying all ways to （41）___her．Little did she know that chicken was her husband's favorite．
    Deep into the night they couldn't sleep，knowing they still （42）___each other．The old man dialed her number．However，she refused to answer it，thinking"I have asked for divorce，and now I have to keep it this way，（43）___I will lose face．"Later she remembered he had a（44）___problem．
    The old man suddenly felt painful．He was about to phone the doctor when the doorbell rang．He opened the door．There stood the old lady，his former wife，holding the（45）___．

26．A．frightened	B．painful	C．sad	D．puzzled
27．A．difficult	B．happy	C．busy	D．good
28．A．fighting	B．quarrelling	C．loving	D．worrying
29．A．though	B．when	C．as	D．since
30．A．ruin	B．affect	C．improve	D．promote
31．A．career	B．childhood	C．education	D．knowledge
32．A．hate	B．worry	C．consider	D．congratulate
33．A．unhappiness	B．happiness	C．wounds	D．understanding
34．A．concentrated	B．depended	C．carried	D．agreed
35．A．signed	B．read	C．written	D．prepared
36．A．party	B．celebration	C．meeting	D．dinner
37．A．food	B．chicken	C．beef	D．meat
38．A．requested	B．laughed	C．shouted	D．smiled
39．A．often	B．little	C．usually	D．occasionally
40．A．after	B．because of	C．during	D．before
41．A．encourage	B．dislike	C．annoy	D．please
42．A．loved	B．respected	C．escaped	D．encouraged
43．A．and	B．so	C．but	D．or
44．A．heart	B．love	C．leg	D．eye
45．A．book	B．phone	C．medicine	D．money

Answer 1

26．D．考查形容词词义辨析．frightened表示"害怕的"；painful表示"痛苦的"；sad表示"伤心的"；puzzled表示"困惑的"；根据上下文可知，这对老夫妻深爱着对方，但是却要离婚，所以这...