阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. Immediately my mind traveled back many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of   31      on my shoulder. Finally, I came to that Company, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had taken me there to   __32 _ his workers whether they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the rain, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he led me over to the fire place. Noticing the   33  in the top of my shoe, he said, “Come with me!” Then, he took me to a shoe store. Inside, a salesman   34  me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up in   35 . “We’d like a pair of   36  socks, too.” Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a   37 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately(深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to   38  I love you.”
I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed that somehow things would be   39 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a   40 .
31. A. newspapers                B. magazines                C. books                       D. tools
32. A. tell                              B. say                         C. answer                    D. ask
33. A. dirt                          B. water                      C. hole                    D. mud
34. A. bought                         B. fitted                      C. sold                       D. comforted
35. A. it                         B. them                    C. one                        D. this
36. A. new                          B. old                         C. big                      D. small
37. A. pen                          B. paper                            C. card                       D. notebook
38. A. admit                    B. know                            C. consider                 D. express
39. A. mistaken                  B. right                      C. all right                  D. possible
40. A. rule                         B. cake                      C. thing                       D. difference