Last Friday my brother and I were driving home and had a fun conversation. So absorbed in our talk, my brother took a wrong turn.
Unfortunately, the wrong turn took us towards a 31 , and we had no way to turn 32 . __33 my brother paid the bridge fee and drove on. He was greatly 34 by his mistake and the needless 35 of $4.
We eventually reached an exit, and as we took it, my brother noticed a young fellow 36 over to the side. He came out of his car and tried to 37 someone. I was busy trying to 38 which way we would go next, but my brother stopped and asked the guy if he needed any 39 And he did. He had a flat tire and needed a tool to get it off.
My brother gave him a wrench(扳手), and then helped him 40 the flat. The young man said that this had been a 41 week for him: earlier he had gotten into a minor car 42 , and now this tire was flat on his way home from work. But he called us “a breath of fresh air’’ and kept 43 us because he really would have been 44 if we hadn’t come along.
After we had finished the job, he thanked us again and pulled out $20 to give us. “No,” my brother said. “We were never 45 to even get on that bridge. We took a wrong turn. But now we know 46 we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a(n) 47 to serve.”
What I loved most was 48 my brother throughout this process. He was able to turn his mistake into 49 energy to help others even in a negative situation, which could only come from a calm mind and an open 50 .
1.A. bridge B. freeway C. wall D. river
2.A. away B. down C. over D. back
3.A. Amazedly B. Worriedly C. Unwillingly D. Happily
4.A. attacked B. annoyed C. survived D. suspected
5.A. charge B. price C. value D. waste
6.A. left B. moved C. pushed D. pulled
7.A. find B. complain C. phone D. scold
8.A. put forward B. figure out C. get across D. set aside
9.A. advice B. help C. money D. oil
10.A. change B. check C. repair D. carry
11.A. pleasant B. terrible C. memorable D. busy
12.A. accident B. debate C. sale D. show
13.A. encouraging B. teaching C. thanking D. troubling
14.A. damaged B. defeated C. neglected D. stuck
15.A. allowed B. forced C. supposed D. welcomed
16.A. that B. what C. how D. why
17.A. business B. failure C. opportunity D. success
18.A. watching B. helping C. asking D. thanking
19.A. usual B. natural C. positive D. special
20.A. head B. heart C. stage D. view
—Excuse me, but could you please tell me the way to the gas station around here?
—Sorry. There isn’t gas station nearby, I'm afraid.
A. one B. 不填 C. the D. a
Space exploration began in the 1960s, and since then about five hundred people into space.
A. have traveled B. traveled C. had traveled D. are traveling
Not until the man i,n black took off his dark glasses that he was the famous film star.
A. did I realize B. I realized C. was I realized D. I have realized
—Do you think he can get the first prize for jumping?
—Impossible now. He to do so, but he has just hurt his leg.
A. has expected B. is expected C. would expect D. was expected
—Thank you very much for giving me a hand when I was in trouble.
—Don’t mention it. I only did what anyone else in my place.
A. must do B. might do C. would have done D. can have done