I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item. The item she had   36  was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a   37 one. The lady   38  to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID   39  the deal could not take place. 
I went to the   40  with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started  41  her of asking the first   42  person she saw to help her. Although that was   43 , I didn’t understand why it   44 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to   45  an ID in this country. 
Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no   46  to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not   47  she purchased the item.   
“  48 I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be   49  the privilege — as I have proof from the past.” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he   50  to exchange the item.
There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I   51  when the woman asked for my help, but   52  in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid   53  do I actually have?” I had none, so I helped her. 
The second lesson is not to judge a book by its   54 . The woman looked poor, but she   55  _ the same treatment as anyone else does.

I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item. The item she had   36  was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a   37 one. The lady   38  to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID   39  the deal could not take place. 

I went to the   40  with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started  41  her of asking the first   42  person she saw to help her. Although that was   43 , I didn’t understand why it   44 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to   45  an ID in this country. 

Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no   46  to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not   47  she purchased the item.   

“  48 I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be   49  the privilege — as I have proof from the past.” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he   50  to exchange the item.

There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I   51  when the woman asked for my help, but   52  in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid   53  do I actually have?” I had none, so I helped her. 

The second lesson is not to judge a book by its   54 . The woman looked poor, but she   55  _ the same treatment as anyone else does.

1.                A．purchased      B．shown          C．lost  D．mended

2.                A．same          B．popular         C．similar    D．different

3.                A．managed       B．wanted         C．refused   D．promised

4.                A．for            B．or             C．and  D．so

5.                A．counter        B．department      C．market   D．window

6.                A．warning        B．informing       C．reminding D．accusing

7.                A．fair            B．familiar         C．impossible     D．random

8.                A．wrong          B．true           C．reasonable    D．meaningful

9.                A．mattered       B．happened       C．passed   D．worked

10.               A．leave          B．pay            C．find  D．obtain

11.               A．request        B．place          C．way  D．need

12.               A．answer         B．prove          C．support   D．admit

13.               A．Unless         B．And           C．Instead    D．If

14.               A．ordered        B．asked          C．denied    D．given

15.               A．agreed         B．prepared       C．failed D．remembered

16.               A．struggled       B．wondered      C．hesitated  D．nodded

17.               A．totally          B．gradually       C．hardly D．quickly

18.               A．feelings        B．goals           C．reasons   D．ideas

19.               A．design         B．cover          C．content   D．price

20.               A．deserved       B．required        C．received  D．appreciated

I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled (searched) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which   1   their search. I found   2   and because of my shaking hands, I could   3   get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked   4   the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. I   5   to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette.   6   he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently locked with mine. At that moment, I   7  . I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was   8  , perhaps it was because, when you get very, one to another, it is very   9   not to smile. In that instant, it was   10   a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but   11  , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.

  I   12   smiling at him, now aware of him as a(n)   13   and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new   14   too. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the   15   of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too.   16   without another word, he   17   my cell (牢房) and silently led me out．Out of the jail，quietly and by back routes，out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

“My life was   18   by a smile.” Yes, the smile—the unaffected, unplanned,   19   connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could   20   each other, we wouldn't be enemies. We couldn't have hate or envy or fear.

1. A. had lost        B. had given        C. had escaped       D. had reached

2. A. them          B. it               C. that              D. one

3. A. barely         B. quickly          C. possibly          D. 1ikely

4. A. on       tudyez.com     B. through          C. at               D. up

5. A. whispered      B. explained        C. called out         D. repeated

6. A. As            B. before           C. after             D. until       

7. A. cried          B. shook           C. refused           D. smiled

8. A. anger          B. nervousness      C. bitterness         D. sympathy

9. A. easy          B. hard             C. glad             D. embarrassed

10. A. when         B. as well as         C. as though         D. as long as

11. A. went away     B. dropped out       C. stayed far        D. stayed near

12. A. kept          B. stopped           C. began           D. forgot

13. A. stranger       B. enemy            C. opponent        D. person

14. A. idea          B. suggestion         C. impression       D. concept

15. A. cigarettes      B. bags              C. pictures         D. wallet

16. A. Intentionally   B. Unconsciously      C. Unwillingly      D. Suddenly

17. A. unfolded      B. unlocked           C. uncontrolled     D. undefended

18. A. misled        B. destroyed           C. saved          D. ignored

19. A. surprising     B. natural            C. different         D. frequent

20. A. like          B. expect            C. notice           D. recognize

I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled (searched) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which   41   their search. I found   42   and because of my shaking hands, I could   43   get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked   44   the bars at my jailer（看守监狱的人）. He did not make eye contact with me. I   45   to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette.   46   he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently（无意中）locked with mine. At that moment, I   47  . I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was   48  , perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very   49   not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was   50   a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but   51  , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.

     I   52   smiling at him, now aware of him as a(n)   53   and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new   54   too. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the   55   of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too.   56   without another word, he   57   my cell (牢房) and silently led me out．Out of the jail，quietly and by back routes，out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

“My life was   58   by a smile.” Yes, the smile—the unaffected, unplanned,   59   connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could   60   each other, we wouldn't be enemies. We couldn't have hate or envy or fear.

A. had lost        B. had given           C. had escaped   D. had reached

A. them           B. it                      C. that          D. one

A. barely          B. quickly                 C. possibly      D. 1ikely

A. on             B. through               C. at           D. up

A. gave out        B. let out                C. called out     D. screamed out

A. As               B. before                  C. after                 D. until

A. cried            B. shook               C. refused        D. smiled

A. anger          B. nervousness           C. bitterness      D. sympathy

A. easy              B. hard                C. glad          D. embarrassed

A. even though     B. as well as           C. as though      D. as long as

A. went away       B. dropped out        C. stayed far      D. stayed near

A. kept               B. stopped             C. began        D. forgot

A. stranger            B. enemy               C. opponent      D. person

A. dimension         B. suggestion           C. impression     D. concept

A. cigarettes          B. bags                   C. pictures        D. wallet

A. Intentionally       B. Unconsciously      C. Unwillingly     D. Suddenly

A. unfolded           B. unlocked              C. uncontrolled     D. undefended

A. misled           B. destroyed            C. saved                  D. ignored

A. surprising          B. natural               C. different         D. frequent

A. like              B. expect               C. notice          D. recognize