【题目】Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse(路边小店)on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a _____on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from _____to toe, explained that he had _____out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的)wife and his two children _____at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车)back.
Once I had _____a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both _____, saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he _____me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater _____in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and _____. While the little ones played and ran _____, I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the _____.
It was about 5 a.m. before they _____. The young fellow asked me how much he _____me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵)had _____$15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later, I received a _____from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to _____to stop of at our roadhouse for a long time. It _____out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most _____person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and _____me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this _____, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
【1】A. kick B. hit C. beat D. knock
【2】A. finger B. shoulder C. head D. hand
【3】A. driven B. taken C. come D. run
【4】A. away B. behind C. over D. out
【5】A. supplied B. poured C. equipped D. filled
【6】A. sleeping B. crying C. quarrelling D. fighting
【7】A. allow B. ring C. lead D. follow
【8】A. on B. off C. in D. over
【9】A. dirty B. hot C. warm D. attractive
【10】A. around B. inside C. nearby D. along
【11】A. drivers B. guests C. customers D. adults
【12】A. left B. arrived C. ate D. disappeared
【13】A. gave B. paid C. owed D. offered
【14】A. appeared B. exhibited C. calculated D. shown
【15】A. call B. letter C. check D. notice
【16】A. get B. force C. require D. hope
【17】A. pointed B. turned C. worked D. found
【18】A. generous B. successful C. serious D. powerful
【19】A. praised B. persuaded C. informed D. convinced
【20】A. lesson B. business C. aspect D. case