A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years.She____immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back.____she said hurt the friend so much that this good woman was herself hurt____the pain she caused.____to cancel what she had done，she went to an older，wiser woman in the village，explained her situation，and asked for____.
Listening to her，the older woman___the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her.She also knew she could never____her pain，but she could teach.She knew the____would depend only on the character of the younger woman.She said，“Tonight，take your best feather pillows and put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in the town____the sun rises.”
The young woman hurried____to prepare for her chore，even though the feather pillows were very____to her.All night long，she labored alone in the cold.Finally the sky was getting____，she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house.Just as the sun rose，she returned to____.
“Now，” said the wise woman，“Go back and____your pillows with the feather you have put on the steps.Then everything will be____it was before.”
“You know that’s____！The wind blew away each feather as fast as I placed them on the____！” The younger woman was surprised.
“That’s true，” said the older woman.“Never forget.Each of your____is like a feather in the wind.Once spoken，no amount of effort，____how heartfelt or sincere，they can never return to your mouth.Choose your words well and____them most of all in the presence of those you love.”
| 小题1: | | A．said | B．felt | | C．regretted | D．explained |
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| 小题2: | | A．That | B．Which | | C．Who | D．What |
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| 小题4: | | A．By means | B．In an effort | | C．In addition | D．On account |
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| 小题5: | | A．question | B．suggestion | | C．advice | D．practice |
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| 小题6: | | A．sensed | B．touched | | C．smelt | D．breathed |
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| 小题7: | | A．raise | B．release | | C．relieve | D．rehearse |
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| 小题8: | | A．outline | B．outcome | | C．output | D．outbreak |
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| 小题9: | | A．until | B．unless | | C．after | D．before |
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| 小题10: | | A．home | B．south | | C．inside | D．outdoors |
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| 小题11: | | A．heavy | B．brilliant | | C．colorful | D．dear |
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| 小题12: | | A．light | B．dark | | C．rainy | D．sunny |
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| 小题13: | | A．her home | B．the older woman | | C．her bedroom | D．the feather pillow |
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| 小题14: | | A．recite | B．rebuild | | C．refill | D．recycle |
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| 小题16: | | A．impossible | B．important | | C．imaginable | D．immoral |
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| 小题17: | | A．house | B．doorsteps | | C．pillow | D．bag |
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| 小题18: | | A．action | B．feather | | C．words | D．behavior |
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| 小题19: | | A．friendless | B．regardless | | C．homeless | D．hopeless |
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| 小题20: | | A．guarantee | B．secure | | C．maintain | D．guard |
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