阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old．I always 1people as soon as possible with whatever they needed．
At that time, I noticed that many 2people had difficulty going to the grocery store 3a snowstorm．I would spend part of a 4Saturday knocking on my elderly neighbor’s apartment doors to ask if they 5anything from the store．The 6was down a hill and I would bring back a couple of bags of goods for them．I liked it and it made them so 7, too．
My friends asked me 8I was doing and after some time some of them 9in and it became a 10as time went by．I 11asked for money for what I did, but sometimes the old ladies would 12the change in my pocket secretly．The next time I would buy some flowers or cards for them．
When I went to college, many of these people would 13my mother about me, 14my mother didn’t always know who they were．It was through those 15between my mother and these people that she 16what I used to do for them — I had never told her．
I 17helping others when I was 12 and it 18until today．Now, I’m a teacher and teaching my students the art of true 19．At first I wrote this for my diary, but my mother said why not 20it with everyone．I hope this inspires younger people and the old alike．
1.A．helped B．gave C．cared D．offered
2.A．lazy B．tired C．kind D．old
3.A．after B．before C．until D．since
4.A．fine B．snowy C．funny D．busy
5.A．got B．fetched C．needed D．took
6.A．store B．factory C．hospital D．college
7.A．sad B．happy C．strange D．young
8.A．whether B．when C．why D．what
9.A．turned B．looked C．gave D．joined
10.A．rule B．habit C．tradition D．custom
11.A．never B．usually C．always D．sometimes
12.A．put B．choose C．save D．keep
13.A．think B．ask C．guess D．find
14.A．but B．and C．so D．or
15.A．conversations B．discussion C．statements D．speeches
16.A．knew from B．thought over C．learned about D．talked about
17.A．finished B．started C．stopped D．lasted
18.A．pauses B．remains C．continues D．follows
19.A．love B．kindness C．friendship D．honesty
20.A．show B．divide C．deliver D．share
--- Let’s go and have a good drink tonight．
--- Have you got the first prize in the competition?
A．What for? B．Thanks a lot． C．Yes, I’d like to． D．Why not?
It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly my friend．
A．turn out B．bring out C．call out D．pick out
With the loud noise going on in the workshop, I can hardly on my lessons．
A．put B．rely C．concentrate D．center
At first, it seemed that everything went well, but all of sudden, the ship hit _________ iceberg．
A．a; an B．a; the C．the; the D．/; an
Bob and Tom have nothing in ______ at all ．How can they be good friends ?
A．total B．common C．similar D．particular
