WhenIwas8agentlemancametomyorphanage(孤儿院)everyweektoleadusinwoodworkingprojects.IstillrememberthenightwhenIfinishedmyfirstproject.ItwasasmalltableandIlookeduponitasthoughI41alife.Icould

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When I was 8 a gentleman came to my orphanage(孤儿院) every week to lead us in woodworking projects. I still remember the night when I finished my first project. It was a small table and I looked upon it as though I   41   a life. I could   42   wait to give it to Mother Winters our orphanage’s leader as a   43  .

Since the tables’ coating(涂层) was still drying the man asked us to wait a while   44  taking our tables to our dormitories. But I couldn’t wait. I dashed out of the door in a   45  carrying my table   46   from ear to ear.

“It is very pretty ” Mother Winter smiled at me. When she   47_  the coating she noticed that it was still wet. Then she asked me   48_  I had brought it outside. I stood with head down. “Were you supposed to bring this home?” she asked. “No ma’am ” I said.

Mother Winters kicked the table over and all of the legs were broken off. She   49   me throw the table outside. After Mother Winters left I went out to get my little table. There was dirt all over it. Crying   50  I hid the ruined table in my closet. A year later I gave it to Mother Henderson my houseparent to   51  .

Thirty years later I   52   Mother Henderson was living in Asheville North Carolina so I drove up to see her. She gently asked me to come down to her basement and help her get something   53  . “Do you still remember that?” she asked pointing into a dark corner. I did. At that moment I could not speak   54   crying. “Roger I want you to   55   it.” Mother Henderson gave me back the little   56   that I had given up so long ago. She had kept it never   57   if she would see me again.

Today I look at the table with bittersweet __58__. I think of the time when Mother Winters forced me to throw it away. But I am also  _59_  and joyful at the kindness of Mother Henderson who kept it   60   a remembrance（纪念，回忆） of a young orphan who tried very hard to please.

41. A. created        B. had created      C. have created      D. was creating

42. A. only        B. hardly              C. almost               D. simply

43. A. gift          B. reward      C. work           D. praise

44. A. until        B. before              C. after           D. when

45. A. word      B. moment       C. circle                 D. hurry

46. A. smiling           B. crying               C. talking               D. laughing

47. A. observed  B. touched      C. studied          D. accepted

48. A. how       B. when               C. why            D. what

49. A. ordered        B. got            C. made                D. asked

50. A. mildly     B. loudly         C. silently         D. angrily

51. A. put away B. throw away       C. take away           D. wash away

52. A. realized    B. told           C. learned         D. smelt

53. A. splendid   B. popular       C. important            D. expensive

54. A. for fear of  B. on behalf of    C. in memory of     D. in spite of

55. A. fix        B. have         C. sell              D. clean

56. A. table     B. gift             C. memory        D. joy

57. A. knowing   B. expecting           C. promising             D. doubting

58. A. impressions      B. emotions      C. experiences         D. memories

59. A. encouraged   B. entertained     C. refreshed       D. comforted

60. A. for               B. to                   C. at                    D. as

Answer 1

41—45 BBABD  46—50 ABCCC   51—55 BCCAB    56—60 AADDD