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Angels
My friend Heather mentioned that she had never seen an Angel. Then I remembered the
1 I had with
my sister Sandra earlier this week.
This will be Sandra's first Christmas without her husband. This summer he died in her arms. On Thursday,
she was in the store
2 for an ideal card for her two sons and daughter. Time passed by quickly as she
3 the many choices. She wanted a card that sent something special to each of them,
4 she knew they would
have a(n)
5 place in their heart this holiday season.
Finally! She found the one that expressed the
6 feeling. The words expressed the feelings that she
wished to share. However, a sharp pain pierced (穿透) her heart when she realized that the card was
7 "mom and dad." She stood there,
8 it close for a long time, unable to move from the
9 . Tears began to
run down her cheeks.
"Is there something I can do for you?" a
10 voice asked. She
11 to face a stranger, a woman, who
was looking at her with
12 and concern. "Uh…oh...OH!" Sandra responded, "I can't give this card to my
children because…because my husband died and this is the
13 card."
Hearing this, the stranger's face softened with sympathy (同情) and love. She reached out and
14 my
sister into her arms, giving her unspoken permission to cry in the protection of her embrace (拥抱). She
15
held my sister until her calmness
16 . "Thank you for listening to me cry on," was what my sister said when
all was better. "You are welcome, and I am so sorry for your
17 ," the stranger answered and said goodbye
to her.
During her telling of this event I was feeling
18 that I hadn't been there. My sister needed me and a
stranger had to do my
19 . "You know," she went on, "a friend suggested that it was like meeting with an
Angel." My
20 disappeared in an instant. My sister required an Angel, and I think that is exactly what she
got.
( )1. A. conversation
( )2. A. paying
( )3. A. left
( )4. A. although
( )5. A. other
( )6. A. sad
( )7. A. for
( )8. A. seizing
( )9. A. spot
( )10. A. firm
( )11. A. walked
( )12. A. question
( )13. A. harmful
( )14. A. pulled
( )15. A. quietly
( )16. A. disappeared
( )17. A. failure
( )18. A. shocked
( )19. A. task
( )20. A. responsibility |
B. difficulty
B. caring
B. offered
B. as
B. empty
B. strange
B. to
B. holding
B. stair
B. proud
B. turned
B. shock
B. special
B. caught
B. tightly
B. went
B. idea
B. angry
B. time
B. sympathy |
C. accident
C. calling
C. read
C. when
C. safe
C. amazing
C. from
C. keeping
C. area
C. cold
C. decided
C. regret
C. wrong
C. sent
C. strongly
C. arrived
C. loss
C. shy
C. favor
C. guilt |
D. quarrel
D. looking
D. discovered
D. if
D. different
D. perfect
D. by
D. grasping
D. home
D. soft
D. woke
D. upset
D. right
D. protected
D. seriously
D. returned
D. death
D. hopeless
D. job
D. hurt |