A family far from home finds kindness in a bag of fruits.
Two years ago we were at a turning point in our lives in New Zealand. So we left our jobs, said 26 to friends, and went to live in Switzerland.
Our daughters, who were 11 and 15 at the time, 27 the local school. As they couldn’t speak the local language, we knew their school life would be 28 . But after only a few months, the girls were doing really 29 , and trying their best to join in the Swiss(瑞士的) way of life. The local newspaper then wrote a story 30 them.
When the article, complete with photos, 31 in the newspaper, the girls were pleased. But what happened next 32 has us shake our heads in surprise.
A teacher from the school 33 the article to a friend, who sent the article to friends of his, ------------------- a Swiss family who was nearing the 34 of their 12-month stay in New Zealand. When they 35 how we missed feijoas(费约果),a fruit unkonwn in Switzerland, they quickly looked ou of the window at the huge feijca tree. 36 they picked two kilograms of feijcas and brought them back with them to Switzerland — especially for 37 . They gave the fruit to their friend, who then drove two hours to 38 send these special gifts to us.
Later that day, we found a big bag of feijoas outside the door. A note in the bag helped us 39 how it got there. It was from the 40 , wishing us all the best and happy eating.
26. A. hello B. sorry C. thanks D. goodbye
27. A. joined B. left C.found D. refused
28. A. happy B. relaxing C. hard D. colorful
29. A. badly B. well C. strangely D. fast
30. A. with B. against C. to D. about
31. A. came B. appeared C. lay D. went
32. A. still B. never C. only D. also
33. A. threw B. sold C. showed D. carried
34. A. end B. beginning C. middle D. moment
35. A. wrote B. asked C. read D. dreamed
36. A. But B. So C. Or D. And
37. A. him B. her C. us D. them
38. A. secretly B. angrily C. politely D. easily
39. A. work out B. try out C. point out D. find out
40. A. newspaper B. school C. family D. magazine
答案是DACBD
BACAC
BCADC
我想问:问什么第4段的32空 选的是 stil 而不能是also
32 空需要用still(仍然),因为谓语动词has是一般现在时,也就是要表达“现在仍然”。
如果是also,那就得用一般过去时had。
句子意思:
但是,接下来发生的一切现在(回忆起来)仍然令我们惊讶得直摇头。