sooner...than)

_______________________________________________________________ under his desk.

53. When I recognized the voice of Helen Bates, I was rather dismayed. (use a participle as an adverbial modifier)

_____________________________________, I was rather dismayed.

Part III Use of English (total 20 marks)

Read the text and choose the correct answers.

I used to find notes left in the collection basket of the church, beautiful notes about my homilies(讲道) and about the writer's thoughts on the daily readings. The __54___ fascinated(吸引)me. But it was a long time __55__ I met the author of the notes.

One Sunday morning, I was __56__ that someone was waiting for me in the office, a young woman who said she __57__ all the notes. When I saw her I was __58__, since I had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office. Her __59__ was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could barely __60__ without pain. Her face was disfigured(畸形), so smiling was very __61__ for her.

We __62__ for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch after that week.

As it __63__, we went to lunch several times, and we shared things about our __64__. We spoke of authors we were both __65__, and it was easy to tell that __66__ are a great love of hers.

She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look __67__. I know that her condition __68__ her deeply. Yet there was a beauty to her that had nothing to do with her __69__. She was one to be listened to, whose words came from a wounded __70__ loving heart. She possessed a fine tuned sense of beauty. Her only __71__ in life was the loss of a friend.

The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the __72___ for a glimpse of what it is that matters. She found beauty and grace, ___73___ befriended her and showed her what is real.

54. A. questions B. ideas C. notes D. basket

55. A. since B. after C. when D. before

56. A. told B. warned C. suggested D. showed

57. A. lost B. left C. dropped D. collected

58. A. shocked B. satisfied C. frightened D. disappointed

59. A. hand B. arm C. head D. neck

60. A. stand B. smile C. speak D. sit

61. A. pleasant B. bitter C. ugly D. difficult

62. A. chatted B. discussed C. drank D. greeted

63. A. turned out B. turned up C. came out D. came up

64. A. families B. beliefs C. hobbies D. lives

65. A. popular with B. fond of C. familiar to D. concerned with

66. A. friends B. churches C. writings D. books