One evening a young woman walked on the beach. She ________ to see the footsteps(足迹) she had left in the sand, but they had already been washed away by the water. When she turned to continue her walk, She was surprised to see an old woman ________ by a fire.
She walked up to the old woman and asked, “Where did you come from? I didn’t see you here a minute ago.”
________ answering her question, the old woman said, “Sit with me, my child. I have something to show you.”
As the young woman sat down beside the fire, the old woman handed her a book. She turned the pages of the book one by one and was ________ to discover they told the story of her whole life, from the early days of ________ to the present. But when she turned to the next page, she found it empty. And the rest of the pages in the book were all empty.
“Does this mean my life ends tonight?” she asked.
“No, my child. It means tonight your life ________.”
At that time the old woman took the book into her hands and began to tear(撕掉)each of the pages that had words out of the book. She then threw ________ into the fire until all left were empty pages. She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.
“You see,” she said, “just as the water washed away your footsteps in the sand, your past is forever gone. What you ________ have is here and now. Each moment is the beginning of the rest of your life and you should live it to the fullest, because you won’t live that moment a(an) ________ time. For your future, you are free to shape it as you wish, ________ it has not yet been written.”
1.A. turns B. turned C. is turning
2.A. sitting B. to sit C. sat
3.A. Thanks to B. Instead of C. As for
4.A. tired B. sad C. amazed
5.A. childhood B. adulthood C. old age
6.A. ends B. lives C. begins
7.A. them B. it C. her
8.A. hardly B. lately C. truly
9.A. other B. another C. second
10.A. whether B. because C. then
John was walking on air when he knew his father bought him a mobile phone.
A. 很开心 B. 跳太空舞 C. 很安静 D. 有点紧张
She heard a terrible noise, ______brought her heart into her mouth.
A. it B. which C. this D. that
You don’t have to _______ every new word in the dictionary while reading.
A. look for B. look up C. look at D. look after
Something is wrong with my video. I will get it ______.
A. repair B. repairing C. to repairing D. repaired
— Why did you give up learning French?
— Well, I found _______ difficult to learn two foreign languages at the same time.
A. it B. this is C. that is D. that