阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye:Queen City Casket Company.“What is it?” I wondered.I 21 it over.There,in faded ink,was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 22 .Immediately my mind traveled 23 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 24 that day,I came to that Company finally,whose owner,Mr. Rader,had always taken me there to ask his workers 25 they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the 26 like a wet dog,I entered Mr. Rader’s office.After a quick glance he 27 me over to the fire-place.Noticing the 28 in the top of my 29 ,he said,“Come with me!” pulling me into his pickup 30 .We pulled to a stop before a shoe store.Inside,a salesman 31 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 32 seen.I 33 about 10 feet tall when I got up 34 them.“We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office,Mr. Rader took out a 35 ,wrote something on it,and handed it to me.With 36 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 37 I love you”.
I said good-bye,and for the first time I 38 a flicker of hope 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 .
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 D.rain
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.dressed B.fitted C.showed D.comforted
A.ever B.already C.never D.hardly
A.appeared B.seemed C.looked D.felt
A.for B.with C.on D.in
A.pen B.paper C.card D.notebook
A.tearful B.unbelievable C.curious D.puzzled
A.admit B.know C.consider D.express
A.sensed B.received C.lost D.gained