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完形填空考前“保持手感”热身练:记叙文篇(3)
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An e-mail request for a special dish came in to a restaurant in Baltimore on a Thursday afternoon in March. The sender didn't _126__ want the food itself. He said that he was writing ___127___ his mother who loved the broccoli(西兰花)dish made by the restaurant. He went on to ___128___ that she was now in the final stage of lung cancer at her home in Vermont and that he was hoping to ___129___ the recipe to make it for her at home.
Steve Oliver, the restaurant's owner, read the ___130___ and quickly replied with a(n) ___131___ . "Thanks for reaching out,” he wrote. “We'd like to. ___132___ you in Vermont and make it fresh for her.”
Brandon Jones, the ___133___ , was shocked and wrote back, "Do you ___134___ that it is Vermont that we're talking about?”
“No problem. You tell us the ____135____ and we'll be there,” Steve responded.
The day after receiving Brandon's e-mail, Steve __136__ his truck with a cooler filled with ingredients(食材)and the necessary cooking tools and then ____137____ for Vermont with Ephrem Abebe, the cook.
126.A.sincerely B.calmly
C.usually D.actually
127.A.in memory of B.on behalf of
C.on the basis of D.in reply to
128.A.argue B.suggest
C.explain D.predict
129.A.get B.invent
C.sell D.remember
130.A.letter B.book
C.report D.article
131.A.nod B.application
C.offer D.congratulation.
132.A.welcome B.meet
C.teach D.persuade
133.A.cook B.boss
C.patient D.son
134.A.accept B.know
C.hope D.hear
135.A.customer B.price
C.address D.profit
136.A.compared B.destroyed
C.replaced D.loaded
137.A.headed B.asked
C.searched D.provided
As soon as they ____138____ at the parking lot, they got to work. ____139____ the broccoli dish, they made many other special dishes. After ____140____ boxing everything up, they knocked on the door.
“Go ahead and answer,” Brandon told his mother.
As soon as she ____141____ the door, she recognized the smell. When she saw Steve Oliver and Ephrem Abebe, she couldn't ___