Sophy Brent came to visit me nearly every day. She made me feel uneasy most of the time. She smoked __11__ and never used an ashtray. She followed me into the kitchen while I made tea or coffee or supper and__ 12__ herself to the children's orange juice. She made a great hit with my two-year-old daughter Flora, who would __13__ about her for hours and refer to her lovingly as "sofa", and she was always talking about my husband and asking me where he was.
I could not decide why she chose my __14__ , although I realized that nobody else paid her very much attention. Her situation was very difficult in that she was __15__ out of drama school and only nineteen, but being __16__ to play a leading part in a company of fairly __17__ and experienced actors. They would not have liked her much even if she had been good, and as, from all accounts, she was not good so they took every __18__ to run her down. I think she thought that I was the only person around who was both unconnected with the theatre and tolerably __19 __. To associate with me was not, at any rate, to step down the scale. And for my part, although I felt troubled by her I did not dislike her. There was something genuinely outstanding in her personality, and she had such physical __20__ that with me she could get away with anything. She was nice to have around, like flowers or a bowl of fruit.
A. helped
B. smart
C. constantly
D. treated
E. required
F. supreme
G. hang
H. charm
I. continually
J. company
K. opportunity
L. distinguished
M. straight
N. partner
O. disappointed
II. I 12. A 13. G 14. J 15. M 16. E 17. L 18. K 19. B 20. H
