Iwascaughtinthewarandputtoprison.IwassurethatIwastobekilled,Ibecame terriblynervous.Ireachedinmypocketstoseeiftherewereanycigarettes(香烟),whichhad 36__theirsearch.Ifoundoneandbecauseofmy 37 hands,Icouldonlygetittomylips.ButIhadno 38.
Ilooked 39 thebars(铁栏)atmyjailer(狱警).Hedidnotmakeeyecontactwithme.Icalledouttohim“Haveyougotalight?”Helookedatme,andcameoverto 40 mycigarette.
Ashecamecloseandlitthematch,hiseyesmetwithmine.Atthatmoment,IsmiledIdon'tknow 41 Ididthat,Perhapsitwas 42 ,perhapsitwasbecause,whenyougetveryclose,onetoanother,itisveryhardnotto 43 .Inanycase,Ismiled.Itwas 44 aspark(火花)jumpedacrossthedistancebetweenourtwohearts.Iknowhedidn'twantto,butmysmilejumpedthroughthebarsandcausedasmileonhislips.Helitmycigarettebutstayednear,lookingatme 45_intheeyesandcontinuingtosmile.
Ikeptsmilingathim,now 46 ofhimasapersonandnotjustajailer.Andhislookingatmeseemedtohaveanew 47,too.“Doyouhavekids?”heasked.
“Yes,here,here.”Itookoutmywalletandnervouslysearchedforthepicturesofmyfamily.Hetoo,tookoutthepicturesofhisfamilyandbegantotalkabouthis 48 andhopesforthem.Myeyeswerefilledwith 49 .w*w^w.k&s#5@u.c~o*mIsaidthatIfearedthatI'dneverseemyfamilyagain,neverhavethechancetoseethemgrowup.Tearscametohiseyes,too.
Suddenly, 50 ,heunlockedmycell(牢房)andsilentlyledmeout.Outoftheprison,quietlyandby 51 routes,outofthetown.There,attheedgeoftown,hesetme 52 .Andwithoutanotherword,heturnedbacktowardthetown.
Mylifewas 53 byasmile.
Yesthesmile—theunaffected,unplanned,naturalconnectionbetweenpeople.Ireallybelievethatifthatpartofyouandthatpartofmecould 54 eachother,wewouldn’tbeenemies.Wecouldn’thave 55orenvyorfear.
( )36.A.avoided B.escaped C.followed D.prevented
( )37.A.interacting B.trying C.shaking D.upsetting
( )38.A.energy B.strength C.daylight D.matches
( )39.A.over B.through