Let's show our love when we can, and when people need us. That is something I learnt from a(an) 36 in Bhopal.

　　 I saw a little boy daily. 37　 the Hanuman temple, always in a white T-shirt and black pants, with a small Hanuman pendant (挂饰) around his neck. He sat with a basket of fresh floral garlands (花环). Be it at six in the morning 38 nine at night, he would try his very best to 39 his wares.

　　 I was a 40 temple-goer and each time the boy would beg me 41　 to buy a garland. But somehow I never did. Even when I came out, he would 42 me to my car, begging me to buy one at least. Other boys sold flowers too, but none as persistently as he.

　　　 I went back to the 43　 recently after a gap of some months. The boy was there, seated exactly as before. ! tried to 44　 his look, assuming that he would follow me. But he did not 45 . I went into the temple and came back. But the boy made no 46　 to sell his garlands. I thought he was angry or just 47 his own self-respect. I suddenly missed the communication I always had with this 48　 boy and went to him. He looked at me but did not speak.

　　 This was 49 . I gathered courage and asked, "My boy, why are you not asking me to buy your garlands?" He said, "Why should I ask? You are rich but you can't 　50　 five rupees on my garlands. Anyway now I am not so desperate. My sister was 51　 cancer and I had to work for her medicines. My father had left us. My mother makes the garlands and I sell them. We used the 52　 for my sister's medicines. She passed away two months ago. You can now take one for 53 ."I bought them all. But I felt so 54 . I still regret that I did not respond then when he tried so 55.

36. A. business　　　　 B. event　　　　　　 C. matter　　　　　 D. incident

37. A. in　　　　　　　 B. on　　　　　　　 C. near　　　　　　 D. beyond

38. A. yet　　　　　　 B. or　　　　　　　 C. so　　　　　　　 D. but

39. A. sell　　　　　　 B. make　　　　　　 C. count　　　　　 D. clean

40. A. famous　　　　　 B. rich　　 　　　　　C. frequent　　　　 D. generous

41. A. earnestly　　　　 B. nervously　　　　 C. surprisingly　　　 D. effectively

42. A. see　　　　　　 B. follow　　　　　　 C. assist　　　　　 D. hold

43. A. street　　　　　 B. shop　　　　　　 C. hospital　　　　 D. temple

44. A. change　　　　　 B. escape　　　　　　 C. avoid　　　　　 D. replace

45. A. look　　　　　 B. move　　　　　　 C. answer　　　　 D. walk

46. A. use　　　　　　 B. pain　　　　　　 C. effort D. sense

47. A. imaging　　　　 B. wasting　　　　　 C. performing　　　 D. showing

48. A. clever　　　　　 B. unknown　　　　 C. unhappy　　　　 D. lovely

49. A. ordinary　　　　 B. common　　　　 C. impossible　　　 D. strange

50. A. spend　　　　　 B. pay 　　　　　　 C. contribute　　　　 D. rely

51. A. looking through'　 B. suffering from　　 C. handing over　　 D. showing up

52. A. garland　　　　 B. service　　　　　 C. money　　　　　 D. experience

53. A. free　　　　　　 B. charge　　　　　 C. use　　　　　　 D. decoration

54. A. proud　　　　　 B. special　　　　　 C. useless　　　　 D. small

55. A. badly　　　　　 B. patiently　　　　 C. hard　　　　 　 D. well

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
On the day before the bass（鲈鱼）season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.
　　When his pole  1 he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with    2  as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.  3 , he very cautiously lifted the   4  fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen,   5  it was a bass.
　　The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills（鱼鳃）playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father  6 a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.——two hours    7  the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.
　　“Dad！”  8  the boy.
　　“There will be other fish,” said his father.
　　“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy again.
　　He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere    9  in the moonlight. He looked again at his father.  10  no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could  11 from his father’s voice that the decision was not changed. He slowly  12  the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the   13  water. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
　　That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was   14 . He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he caught that night long ago. But he does see that same fish—— again and again——every time he   15  a question of ethics(道德).
For his father taught him, ethics are simple 16 of right and wrong. It is only the  17  of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking？We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the   18 . The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our   19 . It is a   20  we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.