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A policeman was walking along the street. In the doorway of a shop, a man was standing in the  21  light, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. The policeman  22  and then walked up to the man. “I’m just waiting for a friend here,” the man said “It’s a(n)  23  made twenty years ago.” The man struck a  24  and lighted his cigar. The light  25  a pale face with a little white scar (疤) near his right eye. “Twenty years ago tonight, when I said goodbye to Jimmy Wells, my best friend to  26  for the West to make my fortune, we  27  we would meet here again exactly twenty years  28  that date and time.” “I hope your friend will come around soon.” said the policeman,  29 . Twenty minutes later, a(n) tall man hurried across the street. He went directly to the waiting man. “Is that you, Bob?” he asked. “Jimmy Wells?” 30  the man with excitement. “You have  31 , Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall.” When they both looked at each other  32 , the man said suddenly “You’re not Jimmy Wells. Twenty years is a long time,  33  not long enough to change a man’s  34 .” “It sometimes changes a good man into a  35  one,” said the tall man. “You are under  36  now. Well, here is a note from your friend.” His hand was steady when he began to read, but it  37  a little by the time he had finished. It reads: “Bob: I was at the appointed place  38 . When you lighted your cigar I saw it was the face of the man  39  by Chicago police.  40  I couldn’t catch myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job.”  21. A. dark         B. bright               C. dim          D. colorful                                            22. A. slowed down B. picked out           C. went on     D. hurried up 23. A. mistake      B. time             C. trade        D. appointment  24. A. cigarette    B. match            C. fire         D. light    25. A. formed       B. appeared         C. relieved     D. showed  26. A. start        B. work             C. look         D. search       27. A. insisted         B. preferred       C. agreed       D. suggested     28. A. for              B. from             C. later            D. at         29. A. speeding up      B. coming to        C. pulling off      D. moving away   30. A. cried        B. smiled           C. wept         D. choked   31. A. grew         B. achieved         C. changed      D. became   32. A. clearly          B. surprisingly         C. quickly          D. happily  33. A. but              B. and              C. or           D. while      34. A. character        B. face             C. quality          D. size   35. A. successful       B. ordinary         C. tall             D. bad    36. A. discussion   B. control              C. arrest           D. inspiration  37. A. trembled     B. struggled        C. escaped      D. understood   38. A. in advance   B. on time          C. before long      D. sooner or later 39. A. asked        B. wanted           C. described    D. caught  40. A. Anywhere     B. Though           C. However      D. Anyway 答案：CADBD ACBDA CAABD CABBD

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