2.When l was a child,my parents often took me to a run-down house in a thick forest.No other children ever stayed there.I didn't even have the (41)B of playing with a brother or sister.
I could never understand (42)C the attraction of the house was,even for my parents,who enjoyed (43)D better than to sit in silence(44)A a good book.The woman in the house,my father's distant cousin,was a/an (45)C cook and her food tasted strange.
One day,when I was (46)Caround the garden behind the house,I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been (47)B and was almost completely hidden behind overgrown bushes and huge grass.
As I walked towards it,I heard a (48)B,like an animal moving hurriedly away.It frightened me a bit.I was about to (49)B when I saw an old man with a long beard standing at the door.I was much (50)A.
At the moment,the old man said,"Please don't tell them you (51)B me.They never use this place,and I have nowhere to (52)C."
"Well,"I said,"I won't tell anyone.But are you all right out here?I mean-do you have enough to eat?"The old man shook his head and (53)A that he hadn't had a square (54)C for ages.I decided to help him as (55)D as I could.The same evening,I took a plastic bag into the dining room and,while no one was (56)C,emptied some of the food into it.Later,I got out of the back door(57)Aand gave the food to the old man,whose name I had (58)B was Taff.
I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of (59)D 0n Taff's face when he ate the food.From then on,my (60)D to the old house had a purpose,and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.
41.A.excuse | B.choice | C.house | D.right |
42.A.how | B.why | C.what | D.that |
43.A.everything | B.anything | C.something | D.nothing |
44.A.with | B.by | C.for | D.to |
45.A.wonderful | B.professional | C.terrible | D.outstanding |
46.A.showing | B.checking | C.wandering | D.searching |
47.A.constructed | B.abandoned | C.destroyed | D.repaired |
48.A.shout | B.noise | C.cry | D.voice |
49.A.jump up | B.turn away | C.take off | D.set down |
50.A.scared | B.ashamed | C.moved | D.annoyed |
51.A.cheated | B.saw | C.hated | D.hurt |
52.A.stand | B.feed | C.live | D.hide |
53.A.admitted | B.found | C.declared | D.doubted |
54.A.guest | B.friend | C.meal | D.host |
55.A.many | B.little | C.kind | D.soon |
56.A.sleeping | B.eating | C.looking | D.talking |
57.A.secretly | B.friendly | C.angrily | D.firmly |
58.A.informed | B.discovered | C.explained | D.invented |
59.A.experience | B.determination | C.generosity | D.satisfaction |
60.A.offers | B.attempts | C.hopes | D.visits |