A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was  1  for kids playing out from between parked cars and  2  down when he thought he saw  3  . As his car passed, no children appeared． 4  , a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed（猛踩）on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot  5  the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car,  6  the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car,  7  “Just what the hell are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to  8  a lot of money.  Why did you do it?”

The young boy was  9  "Please mister ... please, I'm sorry... I didn't know what else to do," he pleaded．"I threw the brick because no one else would  10  ..."

With tears  11  down his face and off his chin, the boy  12  to a spot just around a parked car.

"It's my brother," he said．"He rolled off the sidewalk and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."

Then he asked, "Would you help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's too  13  for me."

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump（哽咽）in his throat. He  14 lifted the disabled boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed（轻擦） at the  15  scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.

"Thank you and  16  God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.

Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy   17 his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very  18  , but the driver never 19  to repair the dented（有凹痕）side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this  20  : Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!

1．A．looking                    B．watching               C．caring             D．waiting

2．A．slowed                     B．came                      C．turned                    D．broke

3．A．everything                B．anything                  C．nothing            D．something

4．A．Finally                   B．Immediately                   C．Instead            D．Therefore

5．A．that                          B．when                           C．where              D．how

6．A．grabbed                    B．drew                      C．threw                     D．carried

7．A．saying                      B．speaking                 C．crying             D．shouting

8．A．spend                       B．cost                        C．offer                      D．charge

9．A．shy                              B．apologetic               C．disappointed     D．surprised

10．A．stop                       B．help                        C．appear             D．drive

11．A．pouring                   B．flowing                   C．dripping           D．dropping

12．A．walked                   B．moved                    C．pointed            D．rushed

13．A．important                B．heavy                     C．strong             D．difficult

14．A．hurriedly                 B．slowly                    C．unwillingly       D．painfully

15．A．fresh                      B．recent                     C．original            D．serious

16．A．should                    B．must                       C．may                D．would

17．A．lead                        B．lift                                 C．pull                        D．push

18．A．invisible                  B．noticeable                C．significant        D．attractive

19．A．bothered                 B．considered              C．applied             D．minded

20．A．word                      B．announcement         C．message          D．suggestion