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（1） 　him．I hated the place．I had never （2） 　 　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（3） 　 　﹣almost $125°$ F even in the shade of a cactus（仙人掌）．（4） 　 　a soul to talk to．The wind blew non﹣stop，and all the food I ate，and the evry air I breathed，were（5） 　 　with sand，sand，sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents．I told them I was （6） 　and coming back home．I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer．I（7） 　 　be in prison!My father answered my （8） 　     　with just two lines﹣two lines that will always sing in my（9） 　 　﹣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（10） 　 　I was ashamed of myself．I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present （11） 　 　； I would look for the stars

I made friends with the natives，and their（12） 　 　amazed me．They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had（13） 　 　to sell to toueists．I studied the delightful forms of the cactus．I watched for the desert sunsets，and（14） 　 　for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean（15） 　 　

What brought about this（16） 　 　change in me？The desert hadn't changed，（17） 　 　I had．I had changed my（18） 　 　And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing（19） 　 　of my life．I was excited by this new world that I had dicovered I had looked out of my self﹣creatded prison and（20） 　 　the stars

（1）

A．

off

B．

behind

C．

near

D．

beyond

（2）

A．

before

B．

already

C．

then

D．

still

（3）

A．

inflexible

B．

incomprehensible

C．

uncontrollable

D．

unbearable

（4）

A．

Only

B．

Not

C．

Many

D．

Such

（5）

A．

covered

B．

filled

C．

buried

D．

charged

（6）

A．

catching up

B．

keeping up

C．

giving up

D．

getting up

（7）

A．

ought to

B．

might well

C．

would rather

D．

had better

（8）

A．

request

B．

call

C．

question

D．

letter

（9）

A．

comparison

B．

imagination

C．

consideration

D．

memory

（10）

A．

over and over

B．

by and by

C．

up and down

D．

now and then

（11）

A．

company

B．

occupation

C．

situation

D．

relationship

（12）

A．

movement

B．

reaction

C．

guidance

D．

purpose

（13）

A．

refused

B．

failed

C．

managed

D．

happened

（14）

A．

asked

B．

hunted

C．

waited

D．

headed

（15）

A．

floor

B．

surface

C．

rock

D．

level

（16）

A．

shocking

B．

challenging

C．

puzzling

D．

astonishing

（17）

A．

as

B．

but

C．

for

D．

or

（18）

A．

attitude

B．

principle

C．

identity

D．

standard

（19）

A．

vacation

B．

operation

C．

affair

D．

adventure

（20）

A．

sought

B．

counted

C．

found

D．

reached