During my last stay in France, I took to biking down a quiet road. Round a 1 , I found a woman sitting in front of a little shabby house. I don’t know why, but something about her attracted my 2 . I waved at her as I went by, and she must have thought I was some 3 tourist because she didn’t wave back. The same thing happened the second day. But on the third day, the old woman returned a hesitated 4 , and the next day, she 5 got out of her chair as I called out, “Morning, madam!” It became a small ritual(仪式) 6 us. She had no idea who I was, nor 7 I was coming, but she seemed to be 8 for me.
On my last ride, I bought some flowers and 9 down to the house, only to find she wasn’t there. She had gone to hospital for surgeries. 10 , I tied the flowers to her gate as a 11 gift. Back at my place, I 12 Roger, the gardener, of my missed 13 . “The old lady at the corner is suffering 14 injuries, through which walking has been troubling her,” he said, 15 “by the quiet road there used to be a station. Whenever a train passed, the couple would see the passengers waving 16 , especially the children—for them, such a ride was high adventure. 17 , everything is gone except for this couple.”
It seems that my bicycle ride 18 mind her past days. As Roger said, “she has 19 the trains and the waves. You brought them back to her.” By reaching out, in a way that cost me 20 , I’d given more than I had realized.
1．A．corner B．garden C．hospital D．shop
2．A．sympathy B．feeling C．impression D．interest
3．A．humorous B．silly C．enthusiastic D．willing
4．A．smile B．wave C．look D．weep
5．A．nearly B．hardly C．merely D．mostly
6．A．from B．beyond C．between D．among
7．A．where B．whether C．how D．when
8．A．applying B．looking C．searching D．waiting
9．A．counted B．cycled C．fled D．drove
10．A．Disappointed B．Relaxed C．Amazed D．Exhausted
11．A．greeting B．visiting C．parting D．celebrating
12．A．asked B．told C．reminded D．convinced
13．A．connection B．devotion C．reaction D．donation
14．A．leg B．head C．hand D．arm
15．A．adding B．denying C．predicating D．concluding
16．A．surprisingly B．angrily C．excitedly D．casually
17．A．Besides B．Thus C．However D．Therefore
18．A．called back B．called to C．called by D．called for
19．A．missed B．forgotten C．lost D．passed
20．A．something B．little C．much D．nothing