As we walked home， she asked me about a conversation she’d overheard me having with my __11__ the night before.
“Grandma wanted you to find someone to __12__.” “What grandma wants is for someone to __13__ my heart again.” “But Mom， you’re too young to __14__ it，” I told her. “So I guess love isn’t like a broken arm.”
__15__ to answer， we walked the rest of the way in __16__. When I got home， I called my mother and __17__ her for talking about this to my daughter. Then I did what I’d seen my brave little girl do that very afternoon. I agreed to __18__ Steve.
Steve was the man for me. We __19__ less than a year later. It turned out mother and my daughter were __20__.
1. A. surprised B. disappointed C. sad D. puzzled
2. A. wanted B. hated C. lost D. gained
3. A. And B. Or C. Instead D. But
4. A. Almost B. Hardly C. Nearly D. Mostly
5. A. trade B. sale C. accident D. show
6. A. ever B. never C. even D. yet
7. A. start B. regret C. finish D. stop
8. A. offered B. agreed C. had D. chose
9. A. shy B. weak C. brave D. gentle
10. A. congratulating B. praising C. encouraging D. celebrating
11. A. father B. mother C. sister D. brother
12. A. like B. know C. love D. teach
13. A. warm B. feel C. buy D. break
14. A. understand B. believe C. accept D. receive
15. A. Unable B. Unwilling C. Uncertain D. Unhappy
16. A. excitement B. sorrow C. silence D. surprise
17. A. punished B. scolded C. thanked D. appreciated
18. A. hire B. meet C. fire D. invite
19. A. left B. married C. moved D. quarrelled
20.A. wrong B. right C. clear D. clever
（三）
When Rosina Hernandez was in college， she once attended a rock concert at which one young man was cruelly beaten by another. No one made an__1__ to stop the beating. The next day she was__2__ to learn that the youth had died as a result of the__3__. Yet neither she nor anyone else had raised a hand to help__4__. She could never forget the incident or her responsibility as an__5__ bystander[旁觀者].
Some years later， Rosina saw another__6__. A car driving in the rain ahead of her suddenly rushed into Biscayne Bay. The car landed head down in the water with only the tail end__7__. In a moment a woman appeared on the__8__， shouting for help and saying her__9__ was stuck inside. This time Rosina waited for no one. She jumped into the water， tried__10__to open the car door， then broke the back window__11__other bystanders stood on the street and__12__. First she__13__at them， begging for help， then__14__them， telling them there was a man dying in the car.
First one man， then another， __15__came to help. Together they__16__the safety glass and dragged the man out. They were just in time—a few__17__later it would have been all over. The woman thanked Rosina for saving her husband， and Rosina was__18__for weeks. She had promised herself that she would never again fail to do__19__she could to save a human life. She had made good on her__20__.
1. A. escape B. excuse C. attempt D. attention
2. A shocked B. frightened C. ashamed D. worried
3. A. listening B. beating C. drinking D. watching