My14-year-oldson,John,andIspottedthecoatatthesametimeat...

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My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time at a second-hand clothing store. It had a black collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label(標籤)and a (an) ___21___price of $28.

   We looked at ___22___, saying nothing, ___23___ John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with___24___, but could ___25___several hundred dollars now.

   John___26___the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied___27___that soon changed into a smile. The___28___was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home___29___ a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said,___30___folding it over the chair and smoothing it flat.

   Over the next few weeks, the___31___came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was ___32___argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to___33___ . “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. Once day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are ___34___, and I guess I will.”

   When I asked one of his teachers ___35___caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” at the library, we ___36___ to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time.  “ ___37___this be John?” he asked, looking up to John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat, and extending his hand, one___38___to another.

   John and I both knew we should never___39___a person’s clothes for the real person within them. As is know, what is on the inside should be ___40___ with what is on the outside.

21. A. unbelievable    B. special          C. reasonable    D. average

22. A. the other        B. others           C. one another    D. each other

23. A. therefore        B. however      C. thus         D. but

24. A. teenagers        B. people           C. parents      D. adults

25. A. spend            B. cost         C. pay          D. take

26. A. touched          B. held         C. buttoned    D. obtained

27. A. gesture          B. expression       C. attitude    D. feeling

28. A. color            B. fit          C. price            D. style

29. A. having           B. showing      C. behaving    D. wearing

30. A. carefully        B. carelessly       C. patiently        D. hurriedly

31. A. change           B. satisfaction    C. happiness        D. generosity

32. A. because of       B. aware of         C ead of      D. apologize

33. A. regret           B. please           C. complain    D. apologize

34. A. troublesome      B. true         C. right            D. wrong

35. A. what         B. how          C. when         D. that

36. A. decided          B. came         C. intended    D. happened

37. A. Could            B. Would            C. Must         D. Should

38. A. friend           B. teacher      C. gentleman        D. fellow

39. A. watch            B. mistake      C. consider    D. judge

40. A. compared    B. connected        C. combined    D. matched

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