It was New Year’s Night. An _________ man was standing at a window. He raised his _________ eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were_________ like water lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he _________ them on the earth, where a few more_________ people than himself now moved towards their certain goal—the _________. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey _________ but errors and regrets. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant and his heart _________.
The days of his _________ appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the ____________ of the two roads—one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, the other leading to a deep, ____________ cave. He looked towards the sky and cried ____________, “Oh youth, return! Oh, my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I will choose the ____________ way!” But both his father and the days of his youth had ____________.
The clock in the church tower ____________ and the sound made him remember his parents’ early ____________ for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his ____________. But he chose the ____________ way. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing ____________, he burst out a cry, “Come back ,my early days!”
And his youth did ____________, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year’s Night.
1.A.admirable B.honest C.aged D.inspiring
2.A.sharp B.shining C.charming D.mournful
3.A.swimming B.sleeping C.floating D.lying
4.A.cast B.threw C.put D.caught
5.A.jobless B.hopeless C.homeless D.fearless
6.A.office B.company C.lounge D.tomb
7.A.everything B.anything C.nothing D.something
8.A.sorrowful B.thoughtful C.joyful D.thankful
9.A.death B.youth C.growth D.birth
10.A.middle B.entrance C.end D.exit
11.A.big B.bright C.open D.dark
12.A.manly B.sympathetically C.painfully D.peacefully
13.A.shorter B.better C.worse D.harder
14.A.passed down B.passed by C.passed away D.passed out
15.A.knocked B.rang C.beat D.struck
16.A.love B.guidance C.instruction D.support
17.A.guilt B.health C.wealth D.good
18.A.right B.wrong C.easy D.difficult
19.A.effect B.effort C.force D.power
20.A.return B.leave C.disappear D.fade