I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it?” I wondered . I 36 it over . There, on the back in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 37 . Immediately my mind traveled 38 many years .
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my 39 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 40 they wanted any magazines .
Shaking off the 41 like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he 42 me over to the fire-place . Noticing the 43 in the top of my 44 , he said, “Come with me !” pulling me into his 45 and drove me downtown. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside, a salesman 46 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 47 seen . I 48 several inches tall when I got up 49 them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 50 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me . With 51 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 52 I love you”.
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 53 the hope that things would be 54 . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a 55 .
A.read B.thought C.turned D.passed
A.address B.list C.message D.information
A.forward B.so C.ahead D.back
A.return B.rounds C.trip D.arrival
A.if only B.how C.whether D.why
A.dust B.sweat C.tail
A.led B.followed C.watched D.carried
A.hole B.mud C.water D.cover
A.magazine B.shoe C.sock D.bag
A.truck B.factory C.home D.store
A.wore B.fitted C.lent D.comforted
A.ever B.already C.never D.hardly
A.grew B.measured C.rose D.felt
A.for B.with C.on D.in
A.pen B.paper C.card D.notebook
A.tearful B.believable C.terrible D.puzzling
A.recognize B.know C.consider D.express
A.sensed B.received C.lost D.imagined
A.mistaken B.bad C.all right D.impossible
A.deal B.fortune C.choice D.difference