Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson that little things still mean a lot. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I started my car and I  1 down at the roadside, a piece of paper caught my eye. I picked it up and  2 it carefully.

The form turned out to be a  3 from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’  4 of their vehicle’s registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their  5 and figured：no one would throw this out,  6 if it was current.

Although the form had been blown here,  where in the busy, 7 parking lot would I find the owner? So I checked the date and noted the name of the  8 , who must be in our town. I thought that the best and easiest step to  9 was to put the form in an envelope addressed to the couple and  10 it by post. So I did it.

On the weekend, a  11 couple called at my house and brought me a big  12 . They said they had panicked and searched for the receipt(收据)   13 everywhere before giving up. Without it they would 14 $8, 000. It felt great to know I’d helped someone  15 a major trouble by doing something which at first glance seemed minor.

1.	A．glanced B．went C．broke D．set

 

2.	A．read B．cleaned C．touched D．saw

 

3.	A．report B．decision C．message D．receipt

 

4.	A．development B．payment C．permission D．plan

 

5.	A．clothes B．hat C．shoes D．shirt

 

6.	A．especially B．occasionally C．usually D．generally

 

7.	A．lonely B．narrow C．empty D．crowded

 

8.	A．guest B．owner C．partner D．host

 

9.	A．have B．get C．take D．bring

 

10.	A．sell B．mail C．carry D．fly

 

11.	A．worried B．disappointed C．lucky D．happy

 

12.	A．surprise B．form C．gift D．joy

 

13.	A．quickly B．slowly C．curiously D．madly

 

14.	A．drop B．earn C．lose D．get

 

15.	A．avoid B．meet C．overcome D．defeat

 

A   36   thing happened   37  me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day __38_ I drove to go for a look in the country.

       On the way back home, my   39   stopped. It was out of gas on a   40   road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone   41  could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile   42  I finally found a house near the __43__. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.

       I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair __44_. She said, “I’ve been __45__ for you here for a long time. Come in.   46   is almost ready.”

       “But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t   47   what she was talking about.

       “Oh, Alfred! Gas? You   48  tea,” said she.

       I quickly   49  that my car was out of   50  , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept   51  me Alfred and talking about how long it had been   52   she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I   53  .

       Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my   54 , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t   55  anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”

A. happy          B. strange       C. common     D. bad

A. on            B. in               C. upon       D. to

A. and          B. so           C. but         D. that

A. car            B. bus         C. bike         D. truck

A. narrow        B. lonely     C. crowded     D. busy

A. what               B. whom     C. who        D. how

A. before          B. after       C. while        D. as

A. street           B. path        C. way        D. road

A. came           B. answered    C. opened       D. appeared

A. asking         B. looking      C. calling           D. waiting

A. Gas           B. Coffee           C. Tea         D. Lunch

A. consider       B. understand  C. accept     D. think

A. like               B. love        C. used to like D. liking

A. answered      B. explained   C. refused       D. promised

A. gas          B. tea          C. strength      D. energy

A. calling       B. call         C. to call       D. called

A. until          B. before     C. since       D. when

A. could         B. can         C. would       D. wanted

A. accident     B. incident      C. experience  D. surprise

A. hit          B. injury     C. hurt        D. frighten

A   16   thing happened   17   me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day  18  I drove to go for a look in the country.

       On the way back home, my   19   stopped. It was out of gas on a   20   road far from a town! I decided to walk   21   I found someone who could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile   22   I finally found a house near the  23 . I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.

       I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair 24  She said, “I’ve been 25 for you here for a long time. Come in.   26   is almost ready.”

       “But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t   27   what she was talking about.

       “Oh, Alfred! Gas? You   28   tea,” said she.

I quickly   29   that my car was out of   30  , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept   31   me Alfred and talking about how long it had been   32   she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was   33   to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.

      Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my   34  , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t   35   anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”

A. happy          B. strange       C. common      D. bad

A. on            B. in                C. upon         D. to

A. and          B. so            C. but            D. that

A. car           B. bus          C. bike          D. truck

A. narrow        B. lonely        C. crowded       D. busy

A. when           B. so that      C. until          D. because

A. before         B. after        C. while               D. as

A. street           B. path         C. way          D. road

A. came           B. answered    C. opened         D. appeared

A. asking       B. looking      C. calling          D. waiting

A. Gas               B. Coffee            C. Tea           D. Lunch

A. consider     B. understand  C. accept          D. think

A. like          B. liked        C. used to like      D. liking

A. answered      B. explained   C. refused         D. promised

A. gas         B. tea           C. strength        D. energy

A. calling       B. call          C. to call          D. called

A. until          B. before      C. since         D. when

A. anxious      B. interested   C. glad          D. ready

A. accident     B. incident      C. experience           D. surprise

A. wound       B. injury      C. hurt          D. frighten

 36  thing happened  37   me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day38I drove to go for a look in the country.

      On the way back home, my  39   stopped. It was out of gas on a  40  road far from a town! I decided to walk   41  I found someone who could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile   42   I finally found a house near the  43 . I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.

      I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair 44  She said, “I’ve been 45 for you here for a long time. Come in.  46   is almost ready.”

      “But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t  47  what she was talking about.

      “Oh, Alfred! Gas? You  48   tea,” said she.

      I quickly  49  that my car was out of  50, but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept   51  me Alfred and talking about how long it had been  52  she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was  53   to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.

      Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my  54  , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t 55  anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”

36. A. happy                   B. strange              C. common               D. bad

37. A. on                         B. in                       C. upon                     D. to

38. A. and                       B. so                      C. but                        D. that

39. A. car                        B. bus                    C. bike                      D. truck

40. A. narrow                  B. lonely                 C. crowded               D. busy

41 A. when                      B. so that               C. until                      D. because

42. A. before                   B. after                   C. while                     D. as

43A. street                      B. path                   C. way                       D. road

44 A. came                     B. answered           C. opened                 D. appeared

45 A. asking                    B. looking               C. calling                   D. waiting

46. A. Gas                      B. Coffee               C. Tea                      D. Lunch

47. A. consider               B. understand        C. accept                  D. think

48 A. like                         B. liked                   C. used to like           D. liking

49 A. answered               B. explained           C. refused                 D. promised

50. A. gas                       B. tea                     C. strength                D. energy

51. A. calling                   B. call                     C. to call                   D. called

52. A. until                      B. before                C. since                    D. when

53 A. anxious                  B. interested          C. glad                      D. ready

54. A. accident                B. incident              C. experience           D. surprise

55. A. wound                   B. injury                 C. hurt                      D. frighten

A   1   thing happened   2   me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day   3  I drove to go for a look in the country.

       On the way back home, my   4   stopped. It was out of gas on a   5  road far from a town! I decided to walk   6   I found someone who could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile   7   I finally found a house near the  8__ . I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.

       I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair __9_  She said, “I’ve been ___10__ for you here for a long time. Come in.   11   is almost ready.”

       “But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t   12   what she was talking about.

       “Oh, Alfred! Gas? You   13   tea,” said she.

       I quickly   14   that my car was out of   15  , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept   16   me Alfred and talking about how long it had been   17   she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was   18   to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.

       Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my   _19   , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t   20   anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”

1. A. happy     B. strange       C. common    D. bad

2. A. on       B. in         C. upon       D. to

3. A. and        B. so           C. but         D. that

4. A. car      B. bus         C. bike        D. truck

5. A. narrow   B. lonely     C. crowded    D. busy

6. A. when      B. so that C. until    D. because

7. A. before    B. after    C. while  D. as

8. A. street      B. path    C. way    D. road

9. A. came      B. answered    C. opened       D. appeared

10. A. asking   B. looking       C. calling D. waiting

11. A. Gas      B. Coffee C. Tea     D. Lunch

12. A. consider       B. understand  C. accept D. think

13. A. like       B. liked    C. used to like D. liking

14. A. answered     B. explained    C. refused      D. promised

15. A. gas       B. tea      C. strength     D. energy

16. A. calling   B. call     C. to call D. called

17. A. until      B. before C. since   D. when

18. A. anxious B. interested    C. glad    D. ready

19. A. accident       B. incident      C. experience  D. surprise

20. A. wound  B. injury  C. hurt    D. frighten