After spending a weekend away with my adult son, I was so impressed by his generous heart that I sent him this letter．
Dear son,
I want to thank you for teaching me a very 1 lesson in life by the great example you 2 ．When we were eating at that cafe in Bondi and a person who had 3 his hamburger didn't have enough money to pay for it, without any 4 , you went over and put the 5 ＄2 into his hand．
When we were leaving, you 6 threw a five-cent coin onto the pavement and said 7 like,“Some kid will really enjoy 8 this．”
Last week, a young man 9 me in the line at a petrol station didn't have 10 money to pay for his petrol．I asked the money collector,“How much 11 in he ?”She told me he had meant to put ＄15 of petrol in his car 12 he had been looking at the wrong gauge(计量表)and had put in 15 13 , which came to just over 14 ．That is an easy mistake 15 both gauges run fast．
Something made me think of you and 16 you did that night at the cafe in Bondi．I handed the man ＄6．He was so 17 and said,“But why would you do this for me?”I just smiled as I thought of you．
Thank you, son, for teaching me that“it's 18 to give than receive”．Now when I see a five-cent coin on the 19 and want to pick it up, I think of you and leave it 20 , just in case some kid will get a kick out of finding it．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
(1)
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A．
sigh
B．
breath
C．
surprise
D．
thought
(2)
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A．
chance
B．
choice
C．
praise
D．
prize
(3)
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A．
nervous
B．
interested
C．
excited
D．
serious
(4)
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A．
restaurant
B．
place
C．
time
D．
condition
(5)
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A．
Two
B．
Four
C．
Everyone
D．
Nobody
(6)
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A．
mannered
B．
built
C．
dressed
D．
fed
(7)
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A．
spring
B．
summer
C．
autumn
D．
winter
(8)
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A．
appearance
B．
expression
C．
picture
D．
view
(9)
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A．
orderly
B．
strictly
C．
beautifully
D．
cleanly
(10)
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A．
tasted
B．
enjoyed
C．
served
D．
prepared
(11)
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A．
turned out
B．
worked out
C．
came out
D．
figured out
(12)
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A．
lights
B．
chairs
C．
trees
D．
boats
(13)
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A．
almost
B．
surely
C．
never
D．
seldom
(14)
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A．
humorous
B．
joking
C．
funny
D．
friendly
(15)
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A．
kindness
B．
handsomeness
C．
strangeness
D．
carelessness
(16)
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A．
found
B．
saw
C．
took
D．
slowed
(17)
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A．
glasses
B．
plates
C．
picture
D．
window
(18)
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A．
answer
B．
expression
C．
reason
D．
effect
(19)
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A．
running
B．
hanging
C．
looking
D．
falling
(20)
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A．
napkin
B．
tablecloth
C．
cup
D．
fork
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In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
