You Did More Than Carry My books
Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark___1___ down and helped the boy pick up these articles. ___2___ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark ___3___ the boy’s name was Bill, that he ___4___ computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of ___5___ with his other subjects and that he had just broken ___6___ with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was ___7___ in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed ___8___ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They ___9___ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before ___10___, Bill asked Mark if they ___11___ talk.
Bill ___12___ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ___13___ wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I ___14___ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess(脏乱) ___15___ anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to ___16___ my things. But after we spent some time together ___17___ and laughing, I realized that ___18___ I had done that, I would have ___19___ a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You ___20___ my life.”
1. A. fell B. sat      C. lay      D. knelt
2. A. Although       B. Since  C. After   D. Until
3. A. discovered     B. realized      C. said    D. decided
4. A. played    B. loved  C. tried   D. made
5. A. questions       B. ideas   C. trouble       D. doubt
6. A. up  B. out     C. off      D. away
7. A. called     B. helped C. invited       D. allowed
8. A. peacefully     B. willingly    C. freely  D. pleasantly
9. A. continued      B. agreed C. forced D. offered
10. A. graduation   B. movement  C. separation   D. vacation
11. A. would   B. should C. could  D. must
12. A. demanded    B. reminded    C. removed     D. asked
13. A. ever     B. usually       C. even   D. never
14. A. checked       B. took    C. cleaned      D. put
15. A. over     B. into    C. with    D. for
16. A. find     B. pick    C. pack   D. hold
17. A. talking B. playing      C. reading      D. watching
18. A. before  B. if C. while  D. as
19. A. forgotten     B. passed C. left     D. lost
20. A. helped  B. recovered   C. improved   D. changed