Question

One evening I was resting in a café. I______ a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.

He was in a(n) ______ shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the ______ in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He _______ down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.

He was busy doing his work ______ heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for ______ from the rain. More and more people crowded _______and gradually separated the boy from me.

Hours passed, and it turned _______. I had no shoes on my feet and ______ where the boy had been. I thought he would not ______ my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.

When it was near midnight the ______ ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be ______ . I had to move to the door, head _______. Just as I went to the gate, I ______ found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the ______ with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being ______. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.

I shook him slightly and woke him up. He ______ up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package ______ , gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I ______ him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the boy’s image（形象）stayed in my ______.

1.A. took B. wore C. mended D. owned

2.A. old B. dirty C. small D. unfit

3.A. bag B. package C. box D. toy

4.A. seated B. bent C. put D. looked

5.A. when B. after C. because D. since

6.A. preparation B. rest C. hide D. protection

7.A. out B. away C. in D. off

8.A. dark B. light C. dim D. bright

9.A. thought B. wondered C. guessed D. imagined

10.A. shine B. keep C. return D. carry

11.A. work B. coffee C. time D. rain

12.A. opened B. locked C. stopped D. closed

13.A. lowered B. nodded C. raised D. held

14.A. shortly B. surprisedly C. sadly D. immediately

15.A. table B. door C. bed D. café

16.A. wet B. bare C. pale D. cold

17.A. stayed up B. kept off C. jumped up D. looked into

18.A. finally B. suddenly C. unfriendly D. hurriedly

19.A. recognized B. forgave C. paid D. inspired

20.A. way B. feet C. form D. mind

Answer 1