I hated the place .I had never ______ been so unhappy . My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty,and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was ______ -almost 125 0F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌)。 ______ a soul to talk to . The wind blew non-stop ,and all the food I ate ,and the evry air I breathed,were ______ with sand , sand , sand !I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was ______ and coming back home.I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I ______ be in prison! My father answered my ______ with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my ______ - two lines that completely changed my life :Two men looked out from prison barsOne saw the mud ,the other saw the starsI read those two lines______ I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present ______; I would look for the stars.I made friends with the natives,and their ______ amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had ______ to sell to tourists . I studied the delightful forms of the cactus .I watched for the desert sunsets,and ______ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean ______What brought about this ______ change in me ? The desert hadn’t changed , ______ I had .I had changed my ______ And by doing so ,I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing ______ of my life . I was excited by this new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and ______ the stars【1】

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

During the war,my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.I went to live there in order to be ______ him. I hated the place .I had never ______ been so unhappy . My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty,and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was ______ -almost 125 0F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌)。 ______ a soul to talk to . The wind blew non-stop ,and all the food I ate ,and the evry air I breathed,were ______ with sand , sand , sand !

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was ______ and coming back home.I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I ______ be in prison! My father answered my ______ with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my ______ - two lines that completely changed my life :

Two men looked out from prison bars

One saw the mud ,the other saw the stars

I read those two lines______ I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present ______; I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives,and their ______ amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had ______ to sell to tourists . I studied the delightful forms of the cactus .I watched for the desert sunsets,and ______ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean ______

What brought about this ______ change in me ? The desert hadn’t changed , ______ I had .I had changed my ______ And by doing so ,I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing ______ of my life . I was excited by this new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and ______ the stars

【1】A. off B. behind C. near D. beyond

【2】A. before B. already C. then D. still

【3】A. inflexible B. incomprehensible C. uncontrollable D.unbearable

【4】A. Only B. Not C. Many D.Such

【5】A. covered B. filled C. buried D. charged

【6】A. catching up B. keeping up C. giving up D.getting up

【7】A. ought to B. might well C. would rather D.had better

【8】A.request B. call C. question D.letter

【9】A. comparison B. imagination C. consideration D. memory

【10】A. over and over B. by and by C. up and down D.now and then

【11】A. company B. occupation C. situation D.relationship

【12】A. movement B. reaction C. guidance D.purpose

【13】A. refused B. failed C. managed D.happened

【14】A. asked B. hunted C. waited D.headed

【15】A. floor B. surface C. rock D.level

【16】A. shocking B. challenging C. puzzling D.astonishing

【17】A. as B. but C. for D.or

【18】A. attitude B.principle C. identity D.standard

【19】A. vacation B. operation C. affair D. adventure

【20】A. sought B. counted C. found D.reached

【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述自己为了离丈夫近一些，住在他所在的沙漠的军营里，寂寞的生活和艰苦的生活条件让作者难以忍受，她写信告诉父母要回家。父亲给他的信中就两行字，就是这两行字使作者改变了自己对人生的态度。