全国英语等级考试三级句型学习(14)

　　Mrs. Chambers ***s ***mf***tably *** her armchair, enjoy***g a cup of ***ffee. She has had athe right *** relax. She has had a long and very busy ***fe.

　　Mrs. Chambers has retir*** now *** a small house *** Ban***r, a popular seaside ***wn not far from Belfast. But f*** most of her ***fe she ***v*** *** the ***untry. Her husband’s farm was on an island *** the middle of Strangf***d Lake. There, Mrs. Chambers bak*** bread tw***e a week, made jam every sum***r, and put her husband’s d******r on the table at twelve 0’clock exactly every day. The island farm had been ow***d by the Chambers family f*** may years, pass***g on from father *** son. It was a quiet and be***tiful place *** ***ve. They grew pota***es and vegetables, and kept hens and ***ws. When Mr. Chambers di***, his son ***ok on the farm, Mrs. Chambers mov*** away.

　　She takes another sip of ***ffee, and smiles as she re***mbers people from the past. “The old lady down the road thought she had a ghost *** the house,” she says, “but it was o***y old Tom MaAleer, frighten***g her f*** fun.” The ***m***ies ****** fast. “Twenty ***n, they had, o***y tem years a***, *** br***g *** the pota*** crop. Young Hugh has a mach***e now. He o***y ******s five.”

　　It’s ti*** f*** the ***ws on TV. Mrs. Chambers wants *** see the rac***g resu***s. She won quite a lot of mo***y last week. Next month she’s ******g down *** Tipperary *** the Repub***c of Ireland. The h***se-rac***g there is wonderful. She f***ds it hard *** stay away. But bef***e the rac***g resu***s there’s another item of ***ws. A bomb has explod*** *** Belfast. Several people h**e been kill***. Mrs. Chambers shakes her head. “They’re all crazy,” she says. “It’s just a few who make all the trouble. The rest of us want *** ***ve *** peace. We’ve all ***t ***fe long friends from both sides. And most of the ti*** we ***ver talk about the trouble.”

　　The rac***g resu***s ****** on. She leans f***ward *** watch. F*** her, ***d***ary everyday ***fe is the most imp***tant th***g.