Question

 Mrs. Hammond was old and blind, but she was determined to do everything for herself. She even used to go for walks by herself once a day for  1 , and found her way by  2  things with her white stick. She learned where everything was, so she never lost her way.

  One day, some men came and cut down some of the familiar trees at the side of one of the paths which she  3  . When she reached that place that evening, she did not  4  the trees with her stick, so she was in  5  .

  She  6  for a while and listened, but did not  7  any other people, so she went for a kilometer or two, and then she heard  8  beneath her. “Am I  9 ? I suppose so,” she said, “I must be on a  10 , and there must be a river under me. I've been told that there's a river in this part of the country, but I don't know its exact  11 . How am I going to get  12  to my house from here?”

  All at once she heard a man's friendly  13  near her. “Excuse me, can I help you?”“How kind of you!” Mrs. Hammond answered. “Yes, please. Some of the trees which I follow have been  14  today, and if I hadn't been 15  enough to meet you, I don't know  16  I'd have done. Can you please  17  me to get home?”

 “Certainly,” the man answered. “Where do you live?”

  Mrs. Hammond told him, and the man took her to her house. She told the man how pleased she was that she had met him. But the man said. “I want to  18  you.”

  Mrs. Hammond asked, “Whatever for?”

 “Well,” the man said quietly, “I was balanced (懸在) on the edge of that bridge for ages in the  19 , because I was trying to make up my mind to  20  myself into the river and drown myself. But I'm not going to do it now.”

1. A. health         B. exercise   C. sport           D. training

2. A. seeing         B. looking at  C. hearing         D. touching

3. A. followed       B. led     C. walked         D. headed

4. A. know          B. feel         C. smell           D. climb

5. A. need          B. danger       C. dark            D. difficulty

6. A. waited         B. rested       C. stopped          D. walked

7. A. see           B. find         C. meet           D. hear

8. A. noise          B. water       C. boat            D. train

9. A. lost           B. all right      C. wrong           D. alone

10. A. boat         B. plane         C. bridge          D. highway

11. A. size         B. length         C. position       D. name

12. A. far          B. near          C. away           D. back

13. A. touch        B. voice         C. sound          D. noise

14. A. lost          B. destroyed     C. removed     D. planted

15. A. lucky        B. kind          C. good           D. foolish

16. A. how         B. what          C. why        D. which

17. A. tell          B. direct         C. help          D. lead

18. A help         B. know          C. thank          D. meet

19. A. worry       B. sorry           C. hurry        D. dark

20. A. put         B. throw          C. jump          D. take

Answer 1

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