Question

Fill Her Tank First

The summer of 1975 I’d just graduated from college in Southern California and received a 1968 Ford Capri for a graduation present. I had my first job, in Los Angeles. One Sunday night, __36__ myself a very independent grown-up, I left my uncle’s place in South Laguna after a visit, without __37__ to him that I had less than an __38__ of a tank of gas and no cash to buy __39__ on the way to L.A. I pulled onto the Pacific Coast Highway and watched the needle __40__ as I headed north. When I started running on fumes, I pulled into a __41__. There was no self-service __42__; there were no credit cards, no ATMs.

I begged the guy at the station. I __43__ write him a check for gas, I said, or I could sleep in my car and try to __44__ to a town with a bank the next morning. As he was informing me that I could sleep in my car but he’d have me __45__, a station wagon __46__ to the next pump. The driver--- a thin, plain, middle-aged guy---overheard the tail end of my __47__ request. As the attendant went to serve him, he nodded at me. “__48__ her tank first,” he said.

“Really?” I said. Hope __49__. “Oh, thank you. Thank you. But please. I just need two dollars’ __50__. I just need to go home.”

“Fill it,” he __51__ to the attendant. Then to me, “You will do the same one day, for someone else.”

I keep looking for that unlucky young person, __52__ to save her night on the road. Meanwhile, in case she never __53__ up, I try for other acts of random kindness. That __54__ driver is always at the pump a few feet away, __55__ the attendant to fill mine first.

36. A. thinking	B. hoping	C. knowing	D. showing
37. A. confirming	B. convincing	C. admitting	D. concerning
38. A. eighty	B. eight	C. eighth	D. eighths
39. A. another	B. more	C. much	D. some
40. A. drop	B. increase	C. reduce	D. decrease
41. A. train station	B. bus station	C. railway station	D. gas station
42. A. at one time	B. at a time	C. at times	D. at that time
43. A. could	B. might	C. should	D. must
44. A. scramble	B. drive	C. climb	D. walk
45. A. ordered	B. helped	C. warned	D. arrested
46. A. went up	B. drove up	C. pulled up	D. drew into
47. A. tried	B. succeeded	C. reasoned	D. failed
48. A. Fill	B. Filled	C. Filling	D. To fill
49. A. increased	B. raised	C. accumulated	D. fired
50. A. value	B. worthy	C. worth	D. money
51. A. pardoned	B. repeated	C. said	D. spoke
52. A. ensuring	B. supposing	C. hoping	D. considering
53. A. shows	B. goes	C. grows	D. comes
54. A. easy-going	B. polite	C. powerful	D. quiet
55. A. introducing	B. instructing	C. interesting	D. interacting

Answer 1

36-40 ACCBA      41-45 DDADD   46-50 CDAAC       51-55 BCADB