Question

One Sunday morning my mother walked into my room. “   36   !” she said, proudly holding up a yellow    37    with black and white stripes. “I made it just for you. What do you think?”

I    38     my tongue. How could I tell Mom it was the most hideous（丑陋） one I had ever seen?

“It’s perfect for    39   ,” my mother continued. “I    40     someone had made a dress like this for me.”

    41   you can’t wear it, I thought. But I knew Mom had spent a lot of time on the dress. Only the world’s most     42    daughter would refuse. Reluctantly（不情愿的）. I put it on.

All through church I prayed, Lord, let me get out of here    43    anyone seeing me. Especially Dennis Pearce, the boy I had a crush on. He was one of the cutest (bright) guys at Neptune High. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had    44    taken any notice of me.

At the end of the service（仪式） I    45    for the door. But I had to wait on the    46   while my parents chatted with their friends. Just a little while longer ... Then     47     the corner of my eye I saw the Pearce approaching（走近）.   48    I could escape, Dennis was right beside me.

I started gabbing(闲聊) a mile a minute（快）, hoping if I kept it    49     he wouldn’t notice my horrible dress. “I am going to college in September,” I said.

“That’s great,” Dennis replied. “I got   50   to the police academy.”

“Wow!” I said.  Somehow I kept the conversation going. Soon we were walking to the parking lot together. The next thing I knew Dennis had first asked me   51    .

We courted(相爱) through college, and eventually（最后） got married. Months after our wedding, I asked Dennis if he remembered the day  52  he had first asked me out.（约会）

“   53   bet I do,” he said. “You were always    54    in school, almost standoffish (coldhearted). I didn’t think you’d be much fun. But you were so animated (lively) when we talked on the church steps, I wanted to get to know you better.” Maybe that   55    yellow dress wasn’t what I would have chosen, but that day it was the perfect dress for me.

36. A. Strange      B. Surprise      C. Interesting      D. Puzzled

37. A. dress        B. coat          C. skirt          D. hat

38. A. beat         B. held          C. bit           D. caught

39. A. the party     B. church        C. school        D. your birthday

40. A. hope        B. expected      C. wish          D. wished

41. A. Too beautiful   B. Too big        C. Too small    D. Too bad

42. A. ungrateful     B. lovely          C. considerate   D. responsible

43. A. beyond            B. before         C. until         D. without

44. A. never         B. sometimes      C. frequently    D. ever

45. A. made        B. ran            C. escaped      D. walked

46. A. steps        B. gate            C. door         D. bench

47. A. within       B. out of          C. beside         D. off

48. A. Until        B. After           C. Not until      D. Before

49. A. on           B. back          C. in            D. up

50. A. received      B. accepted       C. permitted      D. allowed

51 A. my telephone  B. my address     C. out           D. in

52. A. that          B. which         C. on when      D. When

53 A. I            B. You           C. We            D. They

54. A. quiet         B. calm           C. silent         D. still

55. A. blue-white striped  B. black and white stripes  C. zebra-striped    D. dark-white-striped

Answer 1

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