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Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow. Her only son 1 to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and
was killed in action there.Soon after that, her husband lost his job. The old
man was always 2 food and clothes.And on a winter night he went out alone when
Sarya was asleep. The next morning he was 3 dead in a cold lake. And his
worn-out coat was 4 in a tree not far away. Sarya was so 5 that she nearly took
her own life.
Things got worse and worse after that. She always lived in hunger and cold.
She had hoped that the government(政府) could help her but she 6 .
It was a cold windy night. The old woman couldn't 7 asleep at all. She had
to get up. She decided to write a letter to God(神), asking for 8 . She wished
God to give her 100 rubles (卢布), so she could buy some food for herself. When
she 9 writing it, she found she had no 10 . She had to put the 11 at a crossing.
12 the next morning a policeman found the letter. He read it to his
comrades.They were all so 13 that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the
poor old woman.
At first Granny Sarya was happy. But after she 14 the money, she became 15
and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be
only a half left!”
1. A. sent B. ran away C. was sent D. escaped
2. A. worried about B. pleased with
C. thinking about D. hearing of
3. A. known B. found C. told D. fallen
4. A. put B. hanged C. shown D. hung
5. A. sad B. happy C. tired D. clever
6. A. succeeded B. failed C. won D. lost
7. A. go B. fall C. get D. help
8. A. coats B. food C. houses D. help
9. A. ended B. started C. finished D. enjoyed
10.A. stamp B. money C. pen D. paper
11.A. food B. letter C. coat D. rubles
12.A. Badly B. Carefully C. Luckily D. Wonderfully
13.A. excited B. moved C. amazed D. surprised
14.A. saw B. received C. gave D. counted
15.A. angry B. thankful C. helpful D. worried
名师点评
这是一个黑色幽默,饥寒交迫的老妇,万般无奈,只好求助于上帝,帮助她的不是上帝而是警察,可警察在人们心中的印象却是“凡被警察碰过的只有一半被留下”,可悲!
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