完形填空。      My dad was a used car salesman. Every    1   on Thursday, he would head off to Shreveport, LA to the
auction (拍卖).
     Once, I was riding with him on the highway when he    2   a hitchhiker (搭便车的旅行者) with a
backpack. As soon as Dad saw him, he pulled the car over and offered him a    3  .
     Dad asked him where he was going. The hitchhiker in front of me said he headed out to the west. Dad
told him we were heading to Shreveport so that was as far as we could take him. I can"t remember    4   but
he told Dad lots of things that made him decide to go to the west. I sat in the    5   seat and watched the scene
with   6   . I could see the hitchhiker changed his    7   as he could feel someone was really    8   him. It was
quite an exchange and I watched it carefully as if I were    9   notes in order not to miss one word. I did know
it was quite cold outside and the hitchhiker was very    10   to be able to stay in our car.
     We drove another forty-five minutes before we had to   11   the highway. We pulled over and Dad told him
to keep his head   12   and things would start getting better for him soon. He    13   his pocket and handed the
hitchhiker a twenty- dollar bill. The guy was very pleased now. His face    14   right there on the    15  , dark
highway.
      We   16   on and my dad didn"t say a single thing. I was    17   completely amazed by what I had just seen.
I was always told by everyone to never    18   up a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every time he saw one. He
always gave them money even if he did not have very much of his own. I learned a lot about my dad and   19  .
     I learned that just one single kind act can    20   someone"s life.

(     )1. A. afternoon     (     )2. A. guided        (     )3. A. meal          (     )4. A.why            (     )5. A. first         (     )6. A. patience      (     )7. A. plan          (     )8. A. laughing at   (     )9. A. taking        (     )10. A.sorry         (     )11. A. choose       (     )12. A.off           (     )13. A. turned into  (     )14. A. lit up       (     )15. A. cold         (     )16. A. lived        (     )17. A. often        (     )18. A. set          (     )19. A. cost         (     )20. A. change

B. Christmas     B. persuaded     B. ride          B. when          B. back          B. smile         B. language      B. running after B. comparing     B. happy         B. find          B. in            B. reached into  B. fell down     B. cool          B. drove         B. never         B. bring         B. travel        B. push

C. morning        C. spotted        C. map            C. where          C. last           C. delight        C. attitude       C. falling behind C. reading        C. sad            C. exit           C. down           C. thought of     C. gave in        C. new            C. talked         C. still          C. put            C. life           C. decide

D. night        D. invited      D. present      D. how          D. front        D. amazement    D. seat         D. listening to D. sending      D. proud        D. enter        D. up           D. came across  D. grew up      D. narrow       D. held         D. also         D. pick         D. news         D. start