Fill Her Tank First
The summer of 1975 I’d just graduated from college in Southern California and received a 1968 Ford Capri for a graduation present. I had my first job, in Los Angeles. One Sunday night, __36__ myself a very independent grown-up, I left my uncle’s place in South Laguna after a visit, without __37__ to him that I had less than an __38__ of a tank of gas and no cash to buy __39__ on the way to L.A. I pulled onto the Pacific Coast Highway and watched the needle __40__ as I headed north. When I started running on fumes, I pulled into a __41__. There was no self-service __42__; there were no credit cards, no ATMs.
I begged the guy at the station. I __43__ write him a check for gas, I said, or I could sleep in my car and try to __44__ to a town with a bank the next morning. As he was informing me that I could sleep in my car but he’d have me __45__, a station wagon __46__ to the next pump. The driver--- a thin, plain, middle-aged guy---overheard the tail end of my __47__ request. As the attendant went to serve him, he nodded at me. “__48__ her tank first,” he said.
“Really?” I said. Hope __49__. “Oh, thank you. Thank you. But please. I just need two dollars’ __50__. I just need to go home.”
“Fill it,” he __51__ to the attendant. Then to me, “You will do the same one day, for someone else.”
I keep looking for that unlucky young person, __52__ to save her night on the road. Meanwhile, in case she never __53__ up, I try for other acts of random kindness. That __54__ driver is always at the pump a few feet away, __55__ the attendant to fill mine first.
小题1: | A.thinking | B.hoping | C.knowing | D.showing |
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小题2: | A.confirming | B.convincing | C.admitting | D.concerning |
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小题3: | A.eighty | B.eight | C.eighth | D.eighths |
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小题4: | A.another | B.more | C.much | D.some |
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小题5: | A.drop | B.increase | C.reduce | D.decrease |
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小题6: | A.train station | B.bus station | C.railway station | D.gas station |
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小题7: | A.at one time | B.at a time | C.at times | D.at that time |
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小题8: | A.could | B.might | C.should | D.must |
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小题9: | A.scramble | B.drive | C.climb | D.walk |
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小题10: | A.ordered | B.helped | C.warned | D.arrested |
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小题11: | A.went up | B.drove up | C.pulled up | D.drew into |
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小题12: | A.tried | B.succeeded | C.reasoned | D.failed |
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小题13: | A.Fill | B.Filled | C.Filling | D.To fill |
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小题14: | A.increased | B.raised | C.accumulated | D.fired |
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小题15: | A.value | B.worthy | C.worth | D.money |
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小题16: | A.pardoned | B.repeated | C.said | D.spoke |
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小题17: | A.ensuring | B.supposing | C.hoping | D.considering |
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小题18: | A.shows | B.goes | C.grows | D.comes |
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小题19: | A.easy-going | B.polite | C.powerful | D.quiet |
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小题20: | A.introducing | B.instructing | C.interesting | D.interacting |
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