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I first met her on the beach near where I live.I drive to this beach a__1__of three or four miles,
whenever I'm feeling down.At that time she was__2__something.
Looking__3__, she said, "Hello." I nodded, not wanting to__4__with a small child.
"I'm Wendy and I'm building something, " she said.
"I see.But what is it?" I asked, not__5__.
"I don't know.I just like the__6__of sand."
A sandpiper (矶鹞鸟) flew by.
"That's a__7__.Mum says sandpipers come to bring us joy."
"Goodbye, joy, "  I thought to myself, "hello, __8__." and  walked  away.My  life  then  seemed
completely out of__9__.
"Come again, " she called, "and have another__10__day."
But the days and weeks that followed__11__to other people:naughty boys and a__12__mother.
One morning I suddenly realized I needed my__13__and headed for the beach.The breeze was cool,
but I walked along, trying to recapture (捕捉) the inner peace I needed.I had almost__14__the child
so I was surprised when she appeared.
"__15__do you live?" I asked.She pointed toward a summer cottage.
Then one day, I rushed to my beach in great pain, even in no__16__to greet the girl."If you don't
mind,  " I said coldly, "I'd rather be__17__today." She seemed unusually__18__ and out of breath.
"Why?" she asked.
"My mother died!"
"Did it hurt when she died?"
"Of course it hurt!" I shouted, misunderstanding her.
When I next went to the beach, she wasn't there.Feeling__19__, and admitting I__20__her, I went
up to the cottage.A woman answered the door."Wendy, my daughter, died last week.She had
leukemia (白血病). Maybe she didn't tell you."

(     )1. A. length       (     )2. A. ob serving   (     )3. A. up     (     )4. A. work     (     )5. A. caring     (     )6. A. feel       (     )7. A. sorrow   (     )8. A. comfort   (     )9. A. balance   (     )10. A. sad     (     )11. A. added     (     )12. A. kind       (     )13. A. party     (     )14. A. searched   (     )15. A. How       (     )16. A. mood       (     )17. A. alone       (     )18. A. happy       (     )19. A. sorry       (     )20. A. cheated

B. distance       B. drawing       B. out           B. play           B. seeing         B. sense         B. joy           B. pleasure       B. sight         B. happy         B. led           B. poor           B. sandpiper     B. known         B. What           B. time           B. lonely         B. pale           B. excited       B. lost

C. space       C. building     C. down       C. say         C. wanting     C. smell       C. pity       C. kindness   C. mind       C. busy       C. belonged     C. lonely       C. chance       C. noticed         C. Where       C. way           C. unique         C. good           C. cold           C. troubled

D. reach         D. collecting   D. over         D. talk         D. worrying     D. comfort       D. lie           D. pain         D. range         D. fine         D. related       D. sick         D. holiday       D. forgotten     D. Which         D. place         D. special       D. powerful     D. puzzled       D. missed

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