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 Jeff turned and headed back to his office. "Come on," he said to himself, "stop thinking like this. You should feel happy. " He walked into his 1        and got on the elevator. "48 floor！”he said,louder than 2       . A young man stood next to the elevator operator. He was carrying a bag in one hand; in the other hand,he held a cold 3        cigarette. He rolled it between his 4      .

  The lights in the elevator lit up the numbers of the floors as they passed. 28,29 ... From the 5        of his eye,Jeff watched the young man with the bag. He saw him tried to 6        the cold cigarette into his coat pocket. But he missed,the cigarette 7       . At the same moment,the elevator reached the young man's 8       . The doors slid open. The young man stepped out and the doors closed 9        him. The elevator began climbing again. 38,39, 40 ... Jeff looked at the cigarette which had 10        to one side of the elevator car. He moved toward it. 43,44 ... The knot in his stomach began to ease. He felt a little beam of 11       go through him. "Yes," Jeff thought to himself, "it might take a while to forget these last four years."He could not expect to wash away all those 12        in one morning. In a week or two,they would all be gone from his 13        The depression would be like a bad dream he would forget in time. He and Martha would buy new furniture;they would go to restaurants again and 14        holiday trips. He continued to look at the cigarette. 46,47 ... As the elevator came to a stop at the 48th floor,he suddenly 15        down and picked up the halfsmoked cigarette. Then he turned his head quickly to the elevator operator. The man was looking at him 16       . Jeff felt as if the bottom of his 17        had fallen out. "Here is your floor,Mister," the operator said. Jeff stood up slowly. His face felt hot with 18       . His hand close tightly around the cigarette,19        it. He wanted to tell the operator that he never did that sort of thing. He wanted the man to 20        he did not need to smoke cigarette someone else had thrown away. After all,he had his job back.

(   ) 1. A. building   B. office   C. house   D. apartment

(   ) 2. A. usual   B. necessary   C. possible   D. average

(   ) 3. A. smoky   B. lighted   C. smelly   D. halfsmoked

(   ) 4. A. fingers   B. hands   C. teeth   D. lips

(   ) 5. A. level   B. side   C. angle   D. corner

(   ) 6. A. pack   B. throw   C. drop   D. roll

(   ) 7. A. slipped out   B. fell down   C. dropped on   D. died down

(   ) 8. A. office   B. ground   C. stair   D. floor

(   ) 9. A. before   B. behind   C. after   D. for

(   ) 10. A. moved   B. rushed   C. rolled   D. slid

(   ) 11. A. anxiety   B. excitement   C. nervousness   D. upset

(   ) 12. A. people   B. memories   C. sufferings   D. things

(   ) 13. A. stomach   B. heart   C. mind   D. view

(   ) 14. A. take   B. cancel   C. demand   D. resist

(   ) 15. A. got   B. went   C. bent   D. fell

(   ) 16. A. curiously   B. closely   C. excitingly   D. delightedly

(   ) 17. A. throat   B. stomach   C. tongue   D. heart

(   ) 18. A. shame   B. joy   C. anger   D. excitement

(   ) 19. A. crushing   B. pressing   C. tapping   D. rolling

(   ) 20. A. admit   B. trust   C. know   D. recognize

Answer 1

1. A從下文看Jeff是要去上班，而且還要乘坐電梯，所以這里進(jìn)入的是辦公樓而不是辦公室。

2. B因?yàn)镴eff剛找到新工作，心情比較激動(dòng)，所以說話的聲音特別大。由于沒提過他平常的聲音,所以沒有辦法和平常比較。

3. D由第15空那一句得知。

4. A香煙是夾在手指間的。

5. D Jeff用眼角余光觀察那個(gè)年輕人。

6. C那個(gè)年輕人想把沒抽完的香煙放進(jìn)口袋。

7. B香煙沒被放進(jìn)口袋,所以掉在地上。

8. D floor此處是"樓層"之意。

9. B年輕人走出電梯，電梯門在他身后關(guān)上。after是跟在身后的意思，此處不合適。

10. C掉在地上的半截香煙滾到了另一端。

11. B因找到新工作，好的生活就要到來，因此，一絲激動(dòng)穿過心頭。

12. B這里指對(duì)過去那幾年的記憶。

13. C mind表示"腦海"。

14. A因?yàn)镴eff重新找到工作，所以他們的生活會(huì)得到改善，能買新家具、到飯館吃飯和旅游度假。

15. C Jeff彎下腰去撿地上的那半截香煙。

16. A Jeff的行為很出乎人的意料，所以電梯工人好奇地看著他。

17. B Jeff對(duì)自己的行為感到極度羞愧所以反胃。

18. A Jeff為自己的行為感到羞恥所以臉紅。

19. A Jeff把香煙捏在手里揉碎。

20. C他想讓電梯工人知道他不會(huì)干這種事。