I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it?” I wondered . I 21 it over . There, on the back in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled（手写的） 22 . Immediately my mind traveled 23 many years .
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my 24 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 25 they wanted any magazines .
Shaking off the 26 like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he 27 me over to the fire-place . Noticing the 28 in the top of my 29 , he said, “Come with me !” pulling me into his 30 and drove me downtown. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside, a salesman 31 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 32 seen . I felt several inches 33 when I got up 34 them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 35 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me . With 36 eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately （深情地）, “Jimmy, I want you to 37 I love you”.
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 38 the hope that things would be 39 . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a 40 .
21．A．read B．thought C．turned D．passed
22．A．address B．list C．message D．information
23．A．forward B．so C．ahead D．back
24．A．return B．rounds C．trip D．arrival
25．A．if only B．how C．whether D．why
26．A．dust B．sweat C．tail D．rain
27．A．led B．followed C．watched D．carried
28．A．hole B．mud C．water D．cover
29．A．magazine B．shoe C．sock D．bag
30．A．truck B．factory C．home D．store
31．A．wore B．fitted C．showed D．comforted
32．A．ever B．already C．never D．hardly
33．A．higher B．tall C．high D．taller
34．A．for B．with C．on D．in
35．A．pen B．paper C．card D．notebook
36．A．tearful B．unbelievable C．curious D．puzzled
37．A．recognize B．know C．consider D．express
38．A．sensed B．received C．lost D．gained
39．A．mistaken B．right C．all right D．possible
40．A．deal B．fortune C．choice D．difference
答案 21.C 22.A 23.D 24.C 25.C 26.D 27.A 28.A 29.B 30.A 31.B 32.A 33.D 34.D 35.C 36.A 37.B 38.A 39.C 40.D
