问题详情：
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 41 him. I hated the place. I had never 42 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 43 —almost 125 0F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). 44 a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were 45 with sand, sand, sand!
I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was 46 and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I 47 be in prison! My father answered my 48 with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my 49 — 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 50 I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present 51 ; I would look for the stars.
I made friends with the natives, and their 52 amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had 53 to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and 54 for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean 55 .
What brought about this 56 change in me ? The desert hadn’t changed, 57 I had. I had changed my 58 . And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing 59 of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and 60 the stars.
41. A. off B. behind C. near D. beyond
42. A. before B. already C. then D. still
43. A. inflexible B. incomprehensible C. uncontrollable D. unbearable
44. A. Only B. Not C. Many D. Such
45. A. covered B. filled C. buried D. charged
46. A. catching up B. keeping up C. giving up D. getting up
47. A. ought to B. might well C. would rather D. had better
48. A. request B. call C. question D. letter
49. A. comparison B. imagination C. consideration D. memory
50. A. over and over B. by and by C. up and down D. now and then
51. A. company B. occupation C. situation D. relationship
52. A. movement B. reaction C. guidance D. purpose
53. A. refused B. failed C. managed D. happened
54. A. asked B. hunted C. waited D. headed
55. A. floor B. surface C. rock D. level
56. A. moving B. challenging C. puzzling D. astonishing
57. A. as B. but C. for D. or
58. A. attitude B. principle C. identity D. standard
59. A. vacation B. operation C. affair D. adventure
60. A. sought B. counted C. found D. reached
【回答】
CADBB CCDDA CBABA DBADC
知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类
题型：完型填空
