It was during those hard days in a small community． Food was in short supply． I used to stop by Mr．Miller's stand for
One particular day, while Mr．Miller was
some potatoes for me I noticed a small boy
admiring a basket of green peas． Soon I was also
to the fresh green peas．
The boy left． Mrs．Miller _
to me and said, "There are two other such boys in our
_, all from poor families． Jim always offers to
our produce for their marbles（弹珠）． He somehow makes them believe he likes red marbles
．Sometimes he even sends them home with some peas for
．" I left the stand,
with this man．
Years later, I went back to visit some
in that community and while I was there I learned Mr．Miller had died． I agreed to
my friends to see Mrs．Miller． Upon our arrival, we offered whatever words of
． Ahead of us were three young men． They moved to the casket（棺椁）． Mrs．Miller's eyes followed them
each young man placed his own
hand over the cold pale hand and then left．
Our turn came to meet Mrs．Miller．I told her who I was and mentioned the
of the marbles． She said, "Those three young men were the boys． They told me how they
Jim's kindness．"
"We've never had much
," she said, "but right now, Jim would consider himself the
man．" Then she lifted her husband's lifeless fingers．
beneath the hand were three shining, red marbles !
| 小题1: | | A．flowers | B．grains | C．vegetables | D．fruits |
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| 小题2: | | A．bagging | B．digging | C．selling | D．cooking |
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| 小题3: | | A．happily | B．hungrily | C．curiously | D．seriously |
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| 小题4: | | A．carried | B．sent | C．drawn | D．led |
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| 小题5: | | A．pulled up | B．picked up | C．got up | D．came up |
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| 小题6: | | A．community | B．town | C．home | D．store |
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| 小题7: | | A．trade | B．bring | C．change | D．get |
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| 小题8: | | A．in time | B．in particular | C．on purpose | D．on average |
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| 小题9: | | A．something | B．everything | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题10: | | A．impressed | B．surprised | C．disappointed | D．satisfied |
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| 小题11: | | A．relatives | B．friends | C．businessmen | D．workers |
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| 小题12: | | A．introduce | B．send | C．accompany | D．assist |
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| 小题13: | | A．comfort | B．thanks | C．praise | D．encouragement |
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| 小题14: | | A．since | B．whether | C．because | D．as |
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| 小题16: | | A．price | B．color | C．story | D．number |
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| 小题17: | | A．appreciated | B．forgot | C．needed | D．helped |
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| 小题18: | | A．debt | B．wealth | C．hope | D．health |
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| 小题19: | | A．tallest | B．dearest | C．richest | D．toughest |
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| 小题20: | | A．Rolling | B．Fading | C．Hanging | D．Resting |
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