Like most July days, it was hot．I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off

Like most July days, it was hot．I stepped into a tiny ice-creamshop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream．It was a very   21  storewith little round tables and chairs．

As I entered, I found a very old woman bentover a  22  near the door．Her back was so 23 twisted （扭曲） by some misfortune that herface nearly  24 the tabletop．1 sat down  25  her a couple oftables away．

"Poor woman," I thought．"What does she 26 life? Why does God let people live so long past their prime （盛年）?"

As I thought, another  27 ladyentered the shop and sat down with her．Soon the two of them were  28  childhood days．They talked of how little theshop had changed in 70 years．In minutes, the two of them were shaking with  29 .

I looked again at the first woman, then inthe  30 on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself．I was wearing a dirty shirt．She was  31  dressedin white, her face carefully made up and her hands  32  withgold rings．I was 33 ．She waslaughing．I was puttingthe   34  of my life together．She had millions of  35 memories to recall．  36 I was worried aboutgetting old．She wasold, but it wasn't   37  her．As I left the shop, I thoughtof my  38  question about God letting people live pasttheir prime．Why, thatwoman was more  39  to life than I was．Age has not  40 herspirit． 

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】略