It happened towards evening, when I was resting in a cafe. I
a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then
came to me.
He was in an unfit shirt,
pale and weak. He looked about eleven or twelve. No sooner
begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He bent down,
my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was concentrating on his job when heavy rain began to pour
. People rushed into the cafe for protection from the
. More and more people crowded in and gradually
the boy from me.
Hours passed, and
turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered
the boy had been. I thought he would not
my leather shoes, and I would have to walk back home on
in the night.
When it was near midnight the rain
, people started to go out. The cafe
closed. I had to move to the door. I was surprised to see the boy sleeping on the floor with his head leaning
a box. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I
him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he
me. Then he opened the
hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.
I paid him and wrapped around him his unfit shirt, which
my leather shoes. After saying goodbye to the boy, I was
home, with the image of the boy stay in my mind.
| 小题1: | | A．put on | B．dressed | C．wore out | D．wore |
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| 小题2: | | A．agirl | B．a woman | C．a boy | D．an old man |
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| 小题3: | | A．looking | B．look | C．to look | D．looked |
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| 小题4: | | A．had I | B．I had | C．I did | D．did I |
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| 小题5: | | A．taking up | B．took on | C．taking off | D．took off |
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| 小题8: | | A．separated | B．connected | C．joined | D．divided |
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| 小题10: | | A．there | B．where | C．how | D．what |
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| 小题11: | | A．polish | B．clean | C．return | D．turn |
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| 小题12: | | A．feet | B．my bare feet | C．my foot | D．my own foot |
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| 小题13: | | A．started | B．began | C．ended | D．came |
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| 小题14: | | A．was to be | B．was | C．had been | D．has been |
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| 小题15: | | A．over | B．with | C．under | D．against |
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| 小题16: | | A．cover | B．shook | C．grasped | D．caught |
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| 小题17: | | A．thanked | B．made out | C．recognized | D．passed |
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| 小题18: | | A．wallet | B．arms | C．shoes | D．package |
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| 小题19: | | A．was wrapping | B．was wrapped | C．had wrapped | D．wrapped |
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| 小题20: | | A．on the way to | B．on a way | C．in my way | D．on my way |
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