Pierre and Faniry
At the age of twenty-one, Pierre – that was the name of the winegrower –
had been sent by his father to spend some time with his uncle in Madagascar. He
1______________ at the island and within two weeks he fell for a local girl called
Faniry, or "Desire" in Malagasy. You could not blame him. At seventeen she was
ravishing. In the Malagasy sunlight her skin was golden. Her black, waist-length
hair, which hung straight beside her cheeks, framed large, fathomless eyes. It was a
genuine love at first 2______________ , for both of them. Within five months they
were married. Faniry had no family, but Pierre's parents came out from France for
the wedding, even though they did not strictly 3_____________ of it, and for three
years the young couple lived very happily on the island of Madagascar.
Then, one day, a telegram came from France. Pierre's parents and his only
brother had been killed in a car crash. Pierre took the next flight home to
4____________ the funeral and manage the vineyard left by his father. Faniry
followed two weeks later. Pierre was grief-stricken, but with Faniry he
5_________ down to running the vineyard. His family, and the lazy, idyllic days
under a tropical sun, were gone forever. But he was very happily married, and he
was very well-off. Perhaps, he reasoned, life in Bordeaux would not be so bad.
Pierre thought he had married an angel, but soon he found 6_______ that he was
wrong. He had 7_____________ a fatal mistake in marrying Faniry.
1. A) reached B) arrived C) got D) came
2. A) sight B) view C) look D) gaze
3. A) admit B) agree C) approve D) accept
4. A) attain B) attend C) appear D) apply
5. A) stayed B) lodged C) dwelled D) settled
6. A) out B) over C) of D) in
7. A) done B) set C) made D) put