I hired a carpenter to help me restore an old farmhouse. After he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a   1   tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw   2   and now his ancient pickup truck refused to   3  . While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.   4  arriving, he invited me in to meet his family.

As we walked toward the front door, he paused   5   at a small tree, touching tips of the  6   with his hands.

When opening the door, he   7  an amusing transformation. His brown face was covered with   8   and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

After leaving the   9   family, I passed the tree and my curiosity got the  10   of me. I asked him, who  11   me to the car, “Before we went in,  12   did you stop by the tree earlier”

“Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied, “I know I can’t help having   13   on the job and in my life, but those troubles don’t   14   in the house with my wife and children. I know I can control one thing for   15  . I can hang them up on the tree every night  16   I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again before I   17   for work.”

“  18   thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as   19   as I remember   20   up the night before.”

1．A．broken                  B．terrible                C．flat                     D．fantastic

2．A．quit                      B．deleted                C．declined              D．reduced

3．A．ride                      B．increase               C．perform              D．start

4．A．Before                  B．On                      C．Immediately         D．Directly

2,4,6
 
5．A．shortly                  B．briefly                 C．quietly                 D．straight

6．A．trucks                   B．leaves                  C．branches             D．shoots

7．A．went by                B．went over            C．went off              D．went through

8．A．smiles                   B．sorrow                C．confidence          D．doubts

9．A．happy                   B．large                   C．complex              D．modern

10．A．worse                 B．better                  C．more                   D．less

11．A．drove                  B．sent                    C．instructed            D．walked

12．A．how                    B．who                    C．why                    D．where

13．A．matters               B．troubles               C．questions             D．worries

14．A．belong                 B．insert                  C．include                D．provide

15．A．instance              B．a(chǎn)ges                    C．purpose               D．sure

16．A．when                  B．since                   C．because               D．if

17．A．a(chǎn)sk                     B．come                  C．leave                   D．look

18．A．Frightful              B．Funny                 C．Strange               D．Accessible

19．A．much                  B．few                     C．little                    D．many

20．A．picking                B．holding                C．hanging               D．giving

1—5 CADBB  6—10 CDAAB  11—15 DCBAD  16—20 ACBDC

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