语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
It was a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a ride across the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn’t ask for any help. The wait seemed   31 (end). Then came another rider, the old man   32 (catch) his eye and said, “Sir, would you mind doing me a favor?”
Stopping his horse, he replied, “Of course.” Almost   33 (freeze), the old man could not get   34  the ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the o1d man not just across the river,   35  to his home.
“Sir, you didn’t even ask the other riders for help, why? What   36  I had said ‘no’ and 1eft you there?” the horseman asked.
The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, “I looked into their eyes, I found they didn’t care,   37  told me it would be useless, but when I looked into   38 , I saw kindness.”
These words touched the rider deeply. “Thank you for   39  you’ve said, I hope I will never be too busy to help others.” With that, Thomas Jefferson, the   40 (three) president of the US, turned his horse around and went away．