【InthecityofFujisawalivesawomannamedAtsukoSaeki.Whenshearrivedhowevershe1ofgoingtotheUnitedStates.MostofwhatsheknewaboutAmerican2wasfromthetextbooksthehadread.“Ihada3inmind:Daddy】

　　InthecityofFujisawalivesawomannamedAtsukoSaeki.Whenshearrivedhowevershe 1 ofgoingtotheUnitedStates.MostofwhatsheknewaboutAmerican 2 wasfromthetextbooksthehadread.“Ihada 3 inmind:DaddywatchingTVinthelivingroom.Mummy 4 cakesandtheirteenagedaughterofftothecinemawithherboyfriend.”

　　Atsuko 5 toattendcollegeinCalifornia.Whenshearrivedhowevershefounditwasnother 6 world.“Peoplewerestrugglingwithproblemsandoftenseemed 7 ”shesaid.“Ifeltveryalone.”

　　Oneofthehardest 8 wasphysicaleducation.“Weplayedvolleyball”shesaid.“Theotherstudentswere 9 itbutIwasn’t.”

　　OneafternoontheinstructoraskedAtsukoto 10 theballtoherteammatessotheycouldknockit 11 thenet.Noproblemformostpeople.ButisterrifiedAtsuko.Shewasafraidoflosingface 12 shefailed.

　　Ayoungman.Onherteam 13 whatshewasgoingthrough.“Hewalkeduptomeand 14 ‘ComeonYoucandothat.’”

　　“Youwillneverunderstandhowthosewordsof 15 .mademefeel…Fourwords…Youcandothat.Ifeltlikecryingwithhappiness.”

　　Shemadeitthroughtheclass.Perhapsshethankedtheyoungman;sheisnot 16 .

　　Sixyearshavepassed.AtsukoisbackinJapanworkingasasalesclerk.“Ihave 17 forgottenthewords”shesaid.“WhenthingsarenotgoingsowellIthinkofthem.”

　　Sheissuretheyoungmanhadnoideahowmuchhiskindness 18 toher.“Heprobablydoesn’tevenrememberit.”shesaidThatmaybethelesson.Wheneveryousaysomethingtoaperson―cruelorkind―youhavenoideshowlongthewordswill 19 .She’sallthewayoverinJapanbutstillshehearsthosefour 20 words;Youcandothat.

　　1.A.learned B.spoke C.dreamed D.heard

　　2.A.way B.life C.education D.spirit

　　3.A.photo B.painting C.picture D.drawing

　　4.A.baking B.frying C.steaming D.drawing

　　5.A.hoped B.arranged C.liked D.attempted

　　6.A.described B.imagined C.created D.discovered

　　7.A.tense B.c