Part II Reading Comprehension (25 minutes) Section...
Part II Reading Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. She thought he must have ordered the roses in advance before this day. Her ___11____husband did not know that he would die. He always liked to do things very ___12____, long before the deadline. In this way, if he was ___13____, everything would still work out appropriately. She trimmed the stems, and inserted them ___14____ in a very special vase. She would sit for hours, in her husband’s favorite chair while staring blankly at his photograph and the roses sitting there. A year went by and it was difficult to ___15____without her mate. With loneliness and ___16____, that tragedy has become her fate. Then, at that ___17____ hour, as on Valentine’s Day before, the doorbell rang and there were red roses sitting by her door. She brought the roses in and then just looked at them in ___18____. Then, she went to get the telephone and called the florist who had delivered the roses. The owner answered and she asked him if he would explain why someone would unexpectedly do this to her, ___19____ such intense pain? “I know your husband passed away more than a year ago,” the owner said. “I knew you’d call and you would want to know,” he ___20____. “The flowers you received today, were paid for in advance. Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance.” A. persist B. symbolically C. identical D. endure E. solitude F. astonishment G. proceeded H. costly I. proper J. occupied K. furious L. continue M. loving N .provoking O. promptly 注意:请在答题处填入相应的字母编号!字母一定要大写! 11 ___________