I come from a broken family that many would consider "abnormal" at the very least: marriages, divorces, etc. And that is where this story _______
My sister Jeanne and I were born only 14 months apart, but by the time we were teenagers we had lost _______.By age 15. I had moved away from our home in Wisconsin to live on my father's restaurant in Virginia. Later, Jeanne got married and _______in Chicago. We lived separate lives in separate states, and our connection somehow_______
Fast-forward about nine years. I was 24 and on a_______ with my fiance to New York City, a place I had never been, to see the _______.We went to the Statue of Liberty, Chinatown, and several Manhattan clubs. I had never seen so many taxicabs in one spot in all my life.It was overwhelming.
During a day of sightseeing, we were crossing a very busy street _______with people when I suddenly heard my name _______from somewhere behind me: "Cheryl!" I _______ in my steps in the middle of the road.Tears ____________immediately in my eyes.I knew without a doubt that it was my sister Jeanne. I yelled back ____________even turning to look:"Jeanne?”
It was her."Oh my God!" I screamed, and I began ____________ people out of my way to get to her. The crowd started to____________.And there we were, standing in the middle of a Manhattan street,facing each other and smiling. I couldn't believe it.
I later asked how she'd known it was me-she never saw me! She said it was my ____________1 wouldn't say my laugh is all that unusual,but I guess to a family member it's ____________.It hits your heart and resonates(回响)in your mind.
Since that time,my sister and I have never been____________.We both moved back to Wisconsin. We talk ____________.Many years have passed,and we are now in our 50s.But our meeting ____________wasn't just a sign.I see it as more of a lesson,a ____________ not to lose touch with loved ones.After our sister- to-sister ____________,I don't plan to let that happen again.
【小题1】A.ends | B.begins | C.develops | D.appears |
【小题2】A.memory | B.chance | C.touch | D.parents |
【小题3】A.settled | B.drove | C.walked | D.promoted |
【小题4】A.reconnected | B.happened | C.occurred | D.ended |
【小题5】A.boat | B.flight | C.trip | D.business |
【小题6】A.clubs | B.taxicabs | C.markets | D.sights |
【小题7】A.loaded | B.faced | C.equipped | D.occupied |
【小题8】A.spelled | B.yelled | C.whispered | D.announced |
【小题9】A.accelerated | B.froze | C.hesitated | D.shocked |
【小题10】A.went out | B.got off | C.welled up | D.fell down |
【小题11】A.when | B.after | C.before | D.then |
【小题12】A.dragging | B.commanding | C.winding | D.pushing |
【小题13】A.part | B.crowd | C.depart | D.gather |
【小题14】A.clothes | B.laugh | C.face | D.age |
【小题15】A.picky | B.different | C.infectious | D.extraordinary |
【小题16】A.forgiven | B.forgotten | C.regretted | D.separated |
【小题17】A.daily | B.arrogantly | C.annually | D.rarely |
【小题18】A.by chance | B.by design | C.in time | D.on time |
【小题19】A.class | B.reminder | C.suggestion | D.souvenir |
【小题20】A.yell | B.accident | C.meeting | D.miracle |