For four long years, Owen Connors had to spend his Saturday afternoons playing rugby(橄榄球) at school. He’d be out there in all weathers. As a teenager, he _________Saturdays.
The boy would walk home in the dark,_________ in mud(泥浆) and frozen to the bone. So, imagine his_________when he opened the door of the family’s small house to be_________by the delicious aroma(香味) of Guinness pie. Outside, the cold wind was blowing, and the cold rain was_________the windows. But in the_________kitchen, Owen and his parents would_________the homemade pie with mashed potatoes(土豆泥) _________.
“It was the exact_________of standing on a field in the rain and wind,” says Owen, who now works as an editor. “It was the__________of home and it felt like a warm hug.”
For some reason, Owen had__________really fitted into Dublin society. So after graduation from college, he left his hometown in search of a(n)__________life. On a short visit to Munich, he felt a sudden__________ to stay. He can remember thinking: “This place is__________— it’s clean, safe, near the mountains and lakes.”
Owen doesn’t eat Guinness pie very often in Munich. Recently he tried to make one with his mum and daughters — it was a(n)__________! Three generations shared the food of his childhood.
“I’d like to show my kids more of that kind of food,” Owen said.
【小题1】A.missed | B.hated | C.wasted | D.ignored |
【小题2】A.taken | B.seated | C.covered | D.buried |
【小题3】A.joy | B.pain | C.courage | D.concern |
【小题4】A.invited | B.served | C.moved | D.greeted |
【小题5】A.opening | B.tracking | C.pulling | D.hitting |
【小题6】A.graceful | B.warm | C.classic | D.unique |
【小题7】A.make | B.enjoy | C.remember | D.imagine |
【小题8】A.silently | B.calmly | C.nervously | D.comfortably |
【小题9】A.opposite | B.result | C.reward | D.choice |
【小题10】A.call | B.smell | C.type | D.role |
【小题11】A.often | B.still | C.even | D.never |
【小题12】A.new | B.busy | C.ordinary | D.modern |
【小题13】A.curiosity | B.demand | C.desire | D.emotion |
【小题14】A.amusing | B.similar | C.important | D.amazing |
【小题15】A.success | B.attempt | C.challenge | D.opportunity |