Cloze:officialdignityturn his backvacantcompanionbotherhelplesslyscenecut me shorttreateddescribedeven ifHaving found a local____1___, I asked him if I couldn’t havesome poor little corner somewhere in a sleeping-car; but he ____2___with a sharp “No, you can’t. Every corner is full. Now don’t __3___me any more,” and with these words he ___4___on me and walked off.I hadnot expected to be __5____ like this, and my __6____was in a state not to be described. I said to my__7____, “They talk to me like this because theydon’t know who I am.” But my companion said, “Don’t talk such foolishness.___8___ they did know who you were, do you suppose it would help youto get a seat in a train which had no ___9__ seats in it?” And he also turned his back on me. That was too much. I found the same local official and said very politely that my name was Mark Twain and could I have — but he cut me short again, “I’ve told you notto bother me any more.” And again he turned hisback on me. I looked around__10___ and saw thatmy companion had been watching the whole___11__.The shame which I felt cannot be____12___. I said, “Hemay not have heard my name,” but my companion didn’t agree with me, saying, “He must have heard your name well enough. He does not care, that’s all.”
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- John invited me out tomorrow, but I have to ___1______for my ___2___. I told him when I'll be ___3____ and we found a time good for both of us. He said he 'll come and____4___ me ____5____
- When I was born, my grandfather 1) ________(name) me after a rich man who was famous during his time, and 2)______ (tell) me that all my life, I would love my name. When I 3) _____(be) in elementary school, my teachers only called me by my last name. When I was seven, my father 4)______ (give) me an English name, but I didn’t like my new name — it 5) _______(sound) very strange to me. When I was nine years old, my father 6) ______(change) my English name. I’ve recently changed my name again because I 7) ______ (get) married. To be honest, I would really like a name that expresses my dreams better. Maybe in the future I 8) ______(change) my name again.
- See, you can’t keep being nice to me and I can’t keep ____(1)____ like this is something that it’s not. We’ve been together for over seven years. You know me. You know who I am. You either wanna marry me or you don’t. … for every woman that has been told by some man that he doesn’t ____(2)____ marriage and then six months later, he’s married to some twenty-four-year-old that he met ____(3)____ It’s coming from the place that I have been ____(4)____ for about five years. About five years because I haven’t wanted to seem demanding, and I haven’t wanted to seem clingy or psycho ____(5)____ . So I have never asked you.
- (At a party)Adam: This is a great apartment.Tammy: I think so, too.______Adam: No, I'm Adam. I came with Carl. I don't really know anyone here. Carl's told me about most of his friends, but I can't match the names with the faces. A: Excuse me, but do I know you B: Excuse me, could I know you C: Excuse me, do you mind telling me your name D: Excuse me, but do you know me
- Daddy and I met 20 years ago. Back then, I thought I needed someone who met all of the items on my "checklist" and your dad met none of those items. We were friends, but I was too silly to give in to the idea of being more. One very hot and wet day, after having told your dad the night before that I needed a couch for my apartment, he showed up at my door. A neighbor of his was throwing away their couch and he not only asked for it for me, but also carried it (a full couch), by himself, and drove it to me and carried it, by himself, up two flights of stairs to my apartment. When he got to my door, he was proud, but also nervous as if he had gone too far and a bit embarrassed as he was sweaty, and worried I'd hate it (because, frankly, that couch was being thrown away for a reason). Luckily for me, it was the first time that I actually was smart enough to look into his eyes and see something that I had failed to realize. And it was of the utmost importance to me, and that was a deep kindness. I fell in love with him in that moment on a passage of an apartment building in Virginia and have never looked back. We aren't a perfect couple, because, my kid, there isn't such a thing. But we work hard to stay in love. Your dad shows me every single day that there is nothing more important to him than the two of you and me. Like the way he can't wait to teach you something new when you ask a question. Or the way he supports my career, my interests, my activities and me with all that he has. I hope that you will find love and friendship as amazing and wonderful as what Daddy and I have. It makes all the difference in the world.