I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it? ”I wondered. I
it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled
. Immediately my mind
back many years ago.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of
on my shoulder. On my
that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to
his workers whether they wanted any magazines.
off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he
me over to the fireplace. Noticing the
in the top of my
, he said, “Come with me! ”pulling me into his truck. We
before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman
me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had
seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up
them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too, ”Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a
, wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “
to others as you would have them do to you. ”He said affectionately(亲切地), “Jimmy, I want you to
I love you. ”
I said goodbye, and for the first time I
a flicker of hope that somehow things would be all right. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope,
and love, and that would always make a
.
| 小题1: | | A．read | B．thought | C．turned | D．passed |
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| 小题2: | | A．address | B．list | | C．message | D．information |
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| 小题3: | | A．brought | B．approached | | C．returned | D．traveled |
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| 小题4: | | A．magazines | B．newspapers | | C．notes | D．books |
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| 小题5: | | A．returns | B．rounds | C．trips | D．arrivals |
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| 小题6: | | A．beg | B．demand | C．tell | D．ask |
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| 小题7: | | A．Letting | B．Giving | C．Turning | D．Shaking |
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| 小题8: | | A．followed | B．led | C．watched | D．carried |
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| 小题9: | | A．hole | B．mud | C．water | D．cover |
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| 小题10: | | A．coat | B．shoe | C．sock | D．bag |
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| 小题11: | | A．pulled up | B．took in | | C．drove away | D．walked up |
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| 小题12: | | A．dressed | B．fitted | C．shared | D．comforted |
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| 小题13: | | A．never | B．already | C．ever | D．hardly |
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| 小题15: | | A．pen | B．paper | C．card | D．notebook |
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| 小题16: | | A．Do | B．Give | C．Show | D．Lend |
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| 小题17: | | A．say | B．know | C．consider | D．express |
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| 小题18: | | A．sensed | B．predicted | C．lost | D．admitted |
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| 小题19: | | A．sadness | B．challenge | C．kindness | D．intension |
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| 小题20: | | A．deal | B．fortune | C．choice | D．difference |
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