I can never forget her ― the little girl with a   41   so strong and powerful. We co

I can never forget her ― the little girl with a   41   so strong and powerful. We could hear her halfway down the block. She was a(n)   42   peasant who asked for money and   43   gave the only thing she had ― her voice. I paused outside a small shop and listened. She brought to my mind the   44   of Little Orphan Annie. I could not understand the words she   45  , but her voice begged for   46  . It stood out from the noises of Arbat Street, pure and impressive, like the chime of a bell. She   47   from under an old-style lamp post (柱子，杆) in the shadow of a building, her arms extended and   48   thrown back. She was small and of ordinary looks. Her brown   49    escaped the bun (发髻) it had been pulled into, and she occasionally removed it from her   50  . Her clothing I can’t recall. Her voice, on the other hand, is always   51   on my memory.

I asked one of the translators about the girl. Elaina told me that she and hundreds of others like her throughout the   52   Soviet Union add to their families’ income by working on the streets. The children are unable to   53   school, and their parents work fulltime. These children know that the result of an unsuccessful day is no   54   for the table. Similar situations   55   during the Depression (萧条) in the United States, but those American children were faceless shoeshine boys of the twenties. This girl was real to me.

When we   56   past her I gave her money. It was not out of pity   57   rather admiration. Her smile of   58   did not interrupt her singing. The girl watched us as we walked down the street. I knew this because when I looked back she smiled again. We   59   that smile, and I knew I could never forget her courage and inner   60  .

41. C 根据下文的 hear her… 可知答案应选 C。

42. D 根据第 2 段中 the  12  Soviet Union 的提示可知答案应选 D。

43. A 用仅有的歌声来回报。in turn 意为“轮流”，by hand 意为“人工的”，in silence 意为“安静地”。故答案选 A。

44. B 她让我想起小孤儿安妮(美国漫画人物)的“形象”。

45. D 根据下文几处提到小女孩“唱歌”。

46. A 从前文 who asked for money 可知她唱歌的目的是为了吸引行人的“注意”，让别人给她钱。

47. D

48. C 句意为“她站在大楼下面的一盏老式路灯下，唱歌时伸着双臂仰着头”。此处用双介词使含义更加丰富。

49. B

50. A 句意为“棕色的头发从发髻上散落下来，她不时抬手从脸上撩开散落的发丝”。

51. B 句意为“我记不起她穿的是什么衣服，可她的声音却永远映在了我的脑海里”。

52. C 由文章内容可知这里是指“前苏联”。

53. A attend school 意为“上学”，finish / leave school 意为“放学；毕业”，enjoy school 意为“喜欢上学”。故答案选 A。

54. D 句意为“如果一天的乞讨没有收获，就意味着没有饭吃”。D 项最符合句意。

55. C

56. A

57. C 这里是指“不是出于怜悯，而是因为钦佩”。

58. D 句意为“她表示谢意的微笑并没有影响她唱歌”。smile of anger意为“生气的笑”，smile of pity 意为“怜悯的笑”，smile of bitterness意为“苦笑”。故答案选 D。

59. B stop that smile 意为“阻止笑”，share that smile 意为“一起笑”，win that smile 意为“赢得笑声”，exchange smiles 意为“相互一笑”。故选B。

60. B inner strength 意为“内心的力量”。