Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow. Her only son 1 to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and was killed in action there.Soon after that, her husband lost his job. The old man was always 2 food and clothes.And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep. The next morning he was 3 dead in a cold lake. And his worn-out coat was 4 in a tree not far away. Sarya was so 5 that she nearly took her own life.

　　Things got worse and worse after that. She always lived in hunger and cold. She had hoped that the government(政府) could help her but she 6 .

　　It was a cold windy night. The old woman couldn't 7 asleep at all. She had to get up. She decided to write a letter to God(神), asking for 8 . She wished God to give her 100 rubles (卢布), so she could buy some food for herself. When she 9 writing it, she found she had no 10 . She had to put the 11 at a crossing. 12 the next morning a policeman found the letter. He read it to his comrades.They were all so 13 that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman.

　　At first Granny Sarya was happy. But after she 14 the money, she became 15 and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!”

　　1. A. sent B. ran away C. was sent D. escaped

　　2. A. worried about B. pleased with

　　C. thinking about D. hearing of

　　3. A. known B. found C. told D. fallen

　　4. A. put B. hanged C. shown D. hung

　　5. A. sad B. happy C. tired D. clever

　　6. A. succeeded B. failed C. won D. lost

　　7. A. go B. fall C. get D. help

　　8. A. coats B. food C. houses D. help

　　9. A. ended B. started C. finished D. enjoyed

　　10.A. stamp B. money C. pen D. paper

　　11.A. food B. letter C. coat D. rubles

　　12.A. Badly B. Carefully C. Luckily D. Wonderfully

　　13.A. excited B. moved C. amazed D. surprised

　　14.A. saw B. received C. gave D. counted

　　15.A. angry B. thankful C. helpful D. worried

　　名师点评

　　这是一个黑色幽默，饥寒交迫的老妇，万般无奈，只好求助于上帝，帮助她的不是上帝而是警察，可警察在人们心中的印象却是“凡被警察碰过的只有一半被留下”，可悲!