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I had a cigarette one morning as I walked along the wooded path toward my house deep in the forest.
I know smoking is bad for me, and
1 . I had tried to kick the habit, but
2 . Not even when my
aunt Bernie got lung cancer. How many times had she begged me to give _
3_ up? After she died, I
made up my mind to stop, and did so, but
4 I started up again.
The house had been one of Aunt Bernie's favorite places to stay. Lately, I had earned some
5 income by renting it out. New renters were
6 to arrive that afternoon.
The house has no electricity, so I had to
7 there was enough propane (丙烷) in the tank to
8 the fridge and the stove (火炉). Seeing the house in the distance through the trees, I thought
about
9 . I could still hear her
10 telling me, "Give up smoking; it will
11 you."
As I was
12 the house, the voice grew stronger,
13 my aunt were standing right beside me.
Finally, I couldn't
14 it any longer. I smothered (弄熄) it. "Fine, Auntie, I
15 . See?"
I continued down the path,
16 the urge to light up again. Reaching the house, I opened the
door. Whoa! I stepped back. The
17 was strong. Propane gases! I ran around to the back and
found the problem. The previous
18 had forgotten to turn off the propane tank before they left. The
house had been
19 up with gas for a week!
If I had still been smoking that cigarette... I thought now,
20 . My aunt Bernie was right. Smoking
can kill me. The next day I started a quitsmoking program, and I haven't lit up since.
( )1. A. helpless ( )2. A. hadn't ( )3. A. it ( )4. A. possibly ( )5. A. special ( )6. A. able ( )7. A. take care ( )8. A. start ( )9. A. my cigarette ( )10. A. sound ( )11. A. harm ( )12. A. approaching ( )13. A. even if ( )14. A. see ( )15. A. put it out ( )16. A. stopping ( )17. A. desire ( )18. A. owners ( )19. A. mixed ( )20. A. frightened |
B. harmful B. shouldn't B. her B. naturally B. extra B. glad B. find out B. manage B. my aunt B. voice B. damage B. passing B. as B. find B. gave it up B. resisting B. house B. renters B. covered B. excited |
C. useless C. mustn't C. this C. shortly C. high C. due C. make out C. run C. new renters C. noise C. kill C. opening C. because C. bear C. put it away C. feeling C. voice C. neighbours C. filled C. surprised |
D. dangerous D. couldn't D. that D. hardly D. low D. willing D. make sure D. stop D. the tank D. cry D. hurt D. entering D. as if D. hear D. gave it way D. keeping D. smell D. guests D. caught D. disappointed |