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A policeman was walking along the street. In the doorway of a shop, a man was standing in the  21  light, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. The policeman  22  and then walked up to the man.

“I’m just waiting for a friend here,” the man said “It’s a(n)  23  made twenty years ago.” The man struck a  24  and lighted his cigar. The light  25  a pale face with a little white scar (疤) near his right eye. “Twenty years ago tonight, when I said goodbye to Jimmy Wells, my best friend to  26  for the West to make my fortune, we  27  we would meet here again exactly twenty years  28  that date and time.” “I hope your friend will come around soon.” said the policeman,  29 .

Twenty minutes later, a(n) tall man hurried across the street. He went directly to the waiting man. “Is that you, Bob?” he asked. “Jimmy Wells?” 30  the man with excitement. “You have  31 , Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall.”

When they both looked at each other  32 , the man said suddenly “You’re not Jimmy Wells. Twenty years is a long time,  33  not long enough to change a man’s  34 .” “It sometimes changes a good man into a  35  one,” said the tall man. “You are under  36  now. Well, here is a note from your friend.” His hand was steady when he began to read, but it  37  a little by the time he had finished. It reads: “Bob: I was at the appointed place  38 . When you lighted your cigar I saw it was the face of the man  39  by Chicago police.  40  I couldn’t catch myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job.” 

21. A. dark              B. bright                   C. dim                D. colorful                                           

22. A. slowed down   B. picked out            C. went on     D. hurried up

23. A. mistake          B. time                     C. trade             D. appointment 

24. A. cigarette  B. match                    C. fire          D. light   

25. A. formed            B. appeared              C. relieved         D. showed 

26. A. start                B. work                    C. look              D. search         

27. A. insisted            B. preferred              C. agreed         D. suggested    

28. A. for                  B. from                     C. later             D. at        

29. A. speeding up     B. coming to              C. pulling off       D. moving away  

30. A. cried               B. smiled                    C. wept              D. choked  

31. A. grew               B. achieved               C. changed         D. became  

32. A. clearly             B. surprisingly            C. quickly           D. happily 

33. A. but                  B. and                       C. or                   D. while     

34. A. character          B. face                      C. quality            D. size  

35. A. successful       B. ordinary                C. tall                 D. bad   

36. A. discussion        B. control                  C. arrest            D. inspiration 

37. A. trembled         B. struggled               C. escaped        D. understood  

38. A. in advance        B. on time                 C. before long    D. sooner or later

39. A. asked               B. wanted                   C. described       D. caught 

40. A. Anywhere       B. Though                C. However       D. Anyway

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知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

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