One evening I was resting in a cafe. I wore a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, 1. were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in 2. old and not fit shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and 3. (take) out the tools of shoe-polishing. He was busy doing his work 4. heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for protection from the rain. More and more people crowded in and gradually separated the boy from me.
Hours passed, and 5. turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered where the boy had been. I thought I would have to go home on my bare feet. When it was near midnight, the café was to be closed. I had to move to the door, just as I went to the gate, I 6. (surprise) found that a boy of about eleven, 7. (look) very familiar, was sleeping at the door with his head leaning 8. a box. I shook him slightly and woke him up. He opened the package hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I paid him and wrapped him with his 9. (fit) shirt. On my way home, the image 10. the boy stayed in my mind.
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.
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The newly-published book, which refers basic English grammar, is only for beginners.
A. as; meant B. to; considered C. for; intended D. to; intended
Only when the war was over .
A. did everything he take back B. was everything taken back
C. did everything take back D. has he taken everything back
I’m sure he will finish the report .
A. after two hours B. in two hours time C. within two hours D. two-hour later
He came all the way to China for promoting friendship for making money.
A. other than B. more than C. better than D. rather than