I had my first chocolate bar at five years old. I’ll never forget the 1 , comforting taste. But the situations were 2 but sweet. It was World War II. I 3 with my family in the Lithuanian town of Taurage 4 the Russian army swept west Nazi Germany. Many people in our village 5 away in terror.

In the confusion, I stood with my 12-year-old sister, and my three-year-old brother, near the railway 6 , where a train for Germany waited. 7 families were allowed to board the train. Just before leaving, a woman traveling 8 approached us. “I’ll take care of him,” she told my sister, and 9 me onto the train as it left the station. The whole trip I 10 my mother.

We arrived in Hamburg. Now that the woman had 11 Taurage she had no more use for me. I lived on the 12 like thousands of other children in that war-torn city. I survived 13 stealing food. Then the American army arrived.

One afternoon as I hid 14 in a mess tent in search of food, a huge hand lifted me up by the collar—an American soldier. I was 15 and I could see it upset him. “It’s okay, kid,” he said. He reached into his jacket and handed me a chocolate bar. I 16 it and took a small bite. I thought I’d gone to heaven.

The soldier took me and some other 17 children to an orphanage(孤儿院) run by Red Cross. Four years later I was transferred to an orphanage in America. 18 a family who lived in Pennsylvania adopted me. Later I joined the Army, then attended college after the army and 19 a master’s degree in clinical(临床的) social work.

I never did learn the soldier God sent to save my life, but I remember his 20 forever.

1. A. poor     B. had      C. terrible      D. delicious

2. A. anything   B. something   C. nothing      D. everything

3. A. worked      B. met      C. lived       D. talked

4. A. when       B. as if        C. even if      D. after

5. A. fought    B. run      C. followed     D. faced

6. A. school    B. home     C. church      D. station

7. A. Only       B. Already    C. Still       D. Once

8. A. away       B. alone     C. along        D. nearby

9. A. pulled    B. saved     C. beat        D. stopped

10. A. cared about    B. cried for      C. called on     D. calmed down

11. A. stayed    B. liked        C. hated        D. escaped

12. A. streets      B. troops       C. buses        D. trains

13. A. through    B. besides       C. by       D. without

14. A. himself    B. myself       C. themselves    D. herself

15. A. pleased    B. excited     C. scared      D. satisfied

16. A. damaged   B. covered       C. unwrapped    D. shut

17. A. homeless   B. hopeless      C. useless      D. careless

18. A. So far    B. After all     C. Soon after    D. Long before

19. A. controlled     B. changed       C. improved     D. earned

20. A. kindness   B. shortcoming   C. harm        D. ugliness

 

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