Duringthewar,myhusbandwasstationedatanarmycampinadesert...

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During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be  21   him. I hated the place. I had never  22  been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was         23  -almost 125 degrees even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌).  24  a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed,  were  25  with sand, sand, sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was  26  and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I  27  be in prison! My father answered my    28  with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my  29  - two lines that completely changed my life:

Two men looked out from prison bars,

One saw the mud, the other saw the stars.

I read those two lines  30   . I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present   31   ; I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives, and their  32  amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had  33   to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus . I watched for the desert sunsets, and  34   for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean  35   .

What brought about this  36  change in me? The desert hadn’t changed,   37  I had . I had changed my  38  . And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing   39  of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had looked out of my self-created prison and  40   the stars.

21.A. off                B. behind           C. near                   D. beyond 22.A. before           B. already           C. then                   D. still 23. A. inflexible          B. incomprehensible  C. uncontrollable        D. unbearable 24.A. Only              B. Not              C. Many             D. Such 25.A. covered          B. filled             C. buried                  D. charged 26.A. catching up      B. keeping up        C. giving up              D. getting up 27.A. ought to             B. might well         C. would rather                D. had better 28. A. request            B. call                     C. question           D. letter 29. A. comparison      B. imagination        C. consideration             D. memory 30.A. over and over   B. by and by          C. up and down              D. now and then 31.A. company          B. occupation         C. situation              D. relationship 32.A. movement        B. reaction             C. guidance             D. purpose 33.A. refused             B. failed                 C. managed          D. happened 34.A. asked                B. hunted             C. waited                  D. headed 35.A. floor                  B. surface              C. rock                     D. level 36.A. frightening         B. challenging        C. puzzling               D. astonishing 37.A. as                   B. but                     C. for                       D. or 38.A. attitude             B. principle             C. identity                       D. standard 39. A. vacation           B. operation           C. affair                    D. adventure 40.A. sought              B. counted             C. found                   D. reached

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