阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。

As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is  1who has large bright eyes and fine skin.

When I was in Grade Four, I  2such a girl. I sat right in front of her and  3her to see if she was a real beauty. She  4a beauty in my eyes until the day she  5with me. She demanded that I  6her pencil box which I  7knocked on to the floor. I  8. Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about  9each other.

During the years that followed, I came across  10explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty,  11that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful,  12said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I  13give these a second thought.

I searched for a beauty  14had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite  15with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty  16experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my  17. She was not very pretty but she was 18. She was born in a  19family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the  20old man had described to me.

1.A. your classmate     B. a girl       C. an experienced girl D. an ugly girl

2.A. liked              B. was tired of     C. was against             D. found

3.A. stared at          B. scolded          C. beat             D. laughed at

4.A. wasn’t        B. pretended to be C. treated himself      D. was

5.A. quarreled          B. talked       C. played              D. studied

6.A. steal              B. rob her of  C. like                 D. pick up

7.A. by chance          B. by no means  C. by herself          D. by the way

8.A. agreed            B. refused       C. was happy           D. did so

9.A. talking with      B. helping       C. hitting                D. leaving

10.A. the same          B. different    C. the opposite        D. some correct

11.A. but              B. or            C. as                  D. so

12.A. Everyone          B. The others  C. Nobody         D. Others

13.A. did              B. must          C. didn’t                D. should

14.A. an old man        B. some people  C. nobody        D. my mother

15.A. lucky             B. sad          C. willing                D. happy

16.A. after             B. without          C. liking             D. against

17.A. friend            B. teacher          C. classmate          D. girlfriend

18.A. ugly              B. beautiful    C. lovely             D. kind

19.A. rich                 B. farmer’s     C. happy              D. poor

20.A. foolish          B. kind-hearted      C. wise               D. honest

 --- Why did Sarah cry just now?

   --- She wanted a toy, _____ I can’t afford.

A. it         B. one         C. that        D. what

 You’d better keep ______ when I take photos for you.

A. silent      B. calm        C. still        D. mild

 I can’t afford _______ car.

A. that expensive            B. a such expensive  

C. a so expensive            D. that expensive a

 He is known _____ a scientist and famous _____ his research on rice.

A. for; as     B. for; for        C. as; for      D. as; as

 I live at a busy street and the loud noise nearly ____me mad.

A. catches     B. buries        C. drives     D. influences

 Along the either side of the street _______ two lines of trees.

A. has        B. have         C. is         D. are

 There is no doubt _____ they will win the game.

A. that         B. when        C. why       D. what

 ______ interested us most was ______ he saw last night.

A. It; what     B. What; what    C. What; how   D. It; how

 ______ he has gone abroad is not true.

A. Whether    B. When      C. That       D. Why