I didn’t have a job at the time and I was getting help from the government. One day, I was walking to a 36 to get some food when I noticed a little man    37  on a bench beside the store. I walked past him but could not 38     thinking about him.  So I 39 around and went up to him and asked him if he was 40 . He said no. He said he hadn’t 41 for two days. I told him, “Don’t    42 . I’ll be right back.” Before leaving, I 43  him what he would like to eat. He said it didn’t 44 . Then I asked him to tell me what he hadn’t had for a long    45 . He said “a Pepsi”. I went into the store and got him some bread, lunch meat, chips, cookies — 46 food for a few days. The store didn’t have Pepsi, 47     I had to go to another one. I used the 48  of what I had to get him a Pepsi from a store far 49 .
After a long time, when I brought him the 50 and the Pepsi, he cried. With    51  in his eyes, he said, “You are my angel.” When he 52 to hug me, I had a strange 53 — he was my angel, too. I couldn’t even 54  the feeling clearly. Maybe because he gave me a / an 55  to help him, which helped me to understand that I also had abilities to help others.

How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always presenting new things to the child — things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his parents. He is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong.
When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
【小题1】According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that __.

I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after graduation． I had been there before my mother became a minister． Two weeks later, I told my mother I was bored． She said, “Here’re the car keys． Go and buy some fruit．”_36_, I jumped into the car and speeded off．
Seeing me or rather my  37 , a boy sprang up,  38  to sell his bananas and peanuts． “Banana 300 naira． Peanut 200 naira!” Looking at his black-striped bananas, I  39  to 200 total for the fruit and nuts． He  40  and I handed him a 300 naira note． He didn’t have  41 , so I told him not to worry． He was  42  and smiled a row of perfect teeth．
When, two weeks later, I  43  this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society． I should  44  this country as the son of a  45 ． But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it was so  46  to see a little boy who should have been in school  selling fruit．
“What’s up?” I asked． He answered in  47 English, “I…I no get money to buy book．” I took out two 500 naira notes． He looked around  48  before sticking his hand into the car  49  the bills． One thousand naira means a lot to a family that  50  only 15,000 each year．
The next morning, security officers told me, “In this place, when you give a little, people think you’re a fountain of opportunity．” 51  it’s right, but this happens everywhere in the world． I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for  52 ． After six months’ work in northern Nigeria, I returned and saw him again standing on the road． “Are you in school now?” He nodded． A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I  53  what he wanted． I held out a 150 naira note． “Take this．” He shook his head fiercely and stepped back  54  hurt． “It’s a gift．” I said． Shaking his head again, he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts． “I’ve been waiting to  55  these to you．”

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
The subway train moved back and forth, its wheels producing more loud sounds than ever against the tracks. Outside the window was just the  21  cold of winter. The carriage was filled with frozen self-centered, bored  22 .
Suddenly a little boy  23  his way in between grown-up legs.  24  his father stayed by the door, the boy sat next to the window, surrounded by  25 , half-awake adults. What a brave child, I thought. As the train entered a tunnel (隧洞), something totally  26  happened. The little boy slid down from his seat and put his  27  on my knee. For a moment, I thought that he wanted to go  28  me and returned to his father, so I moved a bit. But instead of moving on, the boy held his  29  up towards me. He wanted to tell me something, I thought. I  30  to listen to what he had to say. Wrong  31 ! He kissed me softly on the cheek.
Then he returned to his  32 , settled down and cheerfully started looking out of the window. But I was  33. What happened? A kid kissing an unknown grown-up on the train? To my amazement, the kid  34  to kiss all my neighbors. 
Nervous and puzzled, we looked questioningly at his father. “He’s so happy to be  35 .” the father said. “He’s been very sick.”
The train stopped and the father and son got down and  36  into the crowd. The doors closed. On my cheek I could still  37  the child’s kiss -- a kiss that had caused  38  soul-searching. How many grown-ups go around kissing each other  39  the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege of living? What would happen  40  we all just started being ourselves?
The little boy has given us a sweet but serious lesson: Don’t let yourself die before your heart stops!

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin （顽童） was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He wished he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again．“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled （残疾） brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it… Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
【小题1】The street urchin was very surprised when __________.