The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition (过渡期) for me. 1 is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and 2 thought about going home.

　　Although the 3 time for many students is getting 4 from home, my mailbox was frequently 5 One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 6 out at me. I sat down to read it, 7 a note from someone back home. 8 I be-came increasingly puzzled (困惑) as 9 postcards were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and 10 about it.

　　Several days later I 11 another post-card, this one 12 news about Maybel-line, Mabel's cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another, 13 full of news of different people. I began to 14 look forward to the next one, 15 to see what this author would come up with 16 I was never 17 .

　　Finally, the cards 18 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 19 about college life. They had been such a hap-py distraction (调剂) that I have 20 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift.

This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience．It happened about three years ago and it has had a  1  effect on me．I would like to show respect here for the two men I do not know  2  but whose actions gave a new  3  to the words --kind and generous．

I was walking down a busy street on a cold, windy day in early  4  ．A homeless man, probably about 60 without any shoes , was  5  for change on a street corner．

       A BMW car  6  on the other side of the street and an executive（主管）who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car．He was probably about 60 years old．He was  7   a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie．He walked  8  across the street and over to the homeless man．Without saying anything, he first gave him a lot of  9 and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves（手套）, beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks．Then he    10  them to the homeless man．The homeless man took them and stared with a/an  11 mouth．

       As he drove off, I couldn’t   12  thinking that it was probably the first time he had  13  the pedal（踏板）of that top-brand BMW car with a   14   foot! I stood there and the looks of   15  appeared on my face and the homeless man’s．

       Two men of about the same age  16  very different lives had met and the one who was  17  in materials had offered  18  than his shoes．He had left this BMW car and   19  down from his high position．He lifted up the other man when he offered respect,   20 and real generosity．

1． A．strong                 B．bad                     C．light                    D．slow

2．A．officially               B．personally            C．similarly              D．generally

3．A．benefit                  B．attitude                C．meaning              D．award

4．A．spring                   B．summer               C．autumn               D．winter

5．A．searching              B．making                C．blaming               D．begging

6．A．called up               B．broke up              C．pulled up             D．sped up

7．A．putting on             B．dressed               C．wearing               D．in

8．A．directly                 B．usually                C．unwillingly           D．fluently

9．A．money                  B．water                  C．sand                   D．oil

10．A．posted                 B．handed                C．kicked                 D．threw

11．A．closed                 B．full                      C．open                   D．empty

12．A．stand                  B．delay                   C．forget                 D．help

13．A．bended                B．cut                      C．repaired               D．pressed

14．A．relaxed                B．large                   C．bare                    D．single

15．A．excitement           B．astonishment        C．sadness               D．pride

16．A．but                     B．or                       C．and                     D．before

17．A．successful           B．careful                C．useful                 D．helpful

18．A．rather                  B．more                   C．other                   D．better

19．A．broken                B．fell                      C．stepped               D．rolled

20．A．surprise               B．disappointment     C．anxiety                D．kindness

The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition（过渡期）for me.   1   is probably true with many people．I got quite homesick and   2   thought about going home.

Although the   3   time for many students is getting   4   from home, my mailbox was frequently   2   . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard   6   out at me．I sat down to read it,   7   a note from someone back home.  8   I became increasingly puzzled as   9   postcard were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and   10   about it.

Several days later I   11   another postcard, this one  12   news about Maybe line, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another,   13   full of news of different people. I began to   14   look forward to the next one, 15 to see what this author would come up with 16   . I was never  17   .

Finally, the cards   18   coming, right about the time I had begun to feel   19   about college life. They had been such a happy distraction （调剂） that, I have 20  all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a life.

1．A．If                        B．So                      C．As                     D．What

2．A．often                    B．carefully             C．seldom               D．merely

3．A．hard                     B．last                     C．busiest               D．happiest

4．A．visitors                 B．letters                 C．calls                   D．directions

5．A．empty                  B．full                     C．closed                D．open

6．A．pouring                 B．reaching             C．staring                D．rolling

7．A．describing             B．considering          C．enjoying             D．expecting

8．A．But                      B．Thus                  C．Also                   D．Even

9．A．any                      B．no                      C．some                  D．such

10．A．joked                  B．talked                 C．forgot                D．cared

11．A．mailed                B．accepted             C．wrote                 D．received

12．A．delivering            B．demanding          C．discovering         D．developing

13．A．one                    B．each                   C．either                 D．both

14．A．hardly                B．possibly              C．usually               D．really

15．A．promising           B．surprised            C．interested            D．pretending

16．A．below                 B．lately                  C．next                   D．behind

17．A．frightened           B．disappointed        C．excited               D．pleased

18．A．continued            B．stopped              C．started                D．avoided

19．A．easy                   B．safe                    C．tired                   D．anxious

20．A．lost                     B．collected       C．torn                     D．saved