It was a cold winter's day that Sunday. The parking lot __(1)___ the church was filling up __(2)___. I noticed as I got out of my car fellow church members were whispering among themselves __(3)___ they walked in the church.

　　As I got closer I saw a man __(4)___ up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down __(5)___ he was asleep. He had on a long __(6)___ coat that was almost in rags and a hat topped his head, pulled down so you couldn't see his __(7)___. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too __(8)___ for his feet, with __(9)___ all over them. His toes stuck out.

　　I __(10)___ this man was homeless, and asleep, so I walked on by through the doors of the church.

　　 We all talked for a few minutes, and __(11)___ brought up the man laying outside, People snickered（窃笑）and gossiped（说闲话）but no one __(12)___ to ask him to come in, __(13)___ me.

　　A few moments later church began. We all waited for the preacher（牧师）to take his __(14)___ and to give us the Word, when the doors to the church opened.

　　In came the homeless man walking down the aisle with his head down.

　　People gasped and whispered and __(15)___.

　　He __(16)___ his way down the aisle and up onto the pulpit（讲坛）where he __(17)___ his hat and coat. My heart sank.

　　There __(18)___ our preacher--he was the“homeless man”.

　　No one say a word.

　　The preacher took his Bible（圣经）and laid it on his stand.

　　 “Folks, I don't think I __(19)___ tell you what I am preaching about today. If you __(20)___ people, you have no time to love them.”

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Maureen stood by the lake．Suddenly the other children came running through the trees with sharp cries of the excitement．They rushed up to the 　1　，leaning over the crystal-clear water，and 　2　 the crowds of tiny fish．Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats，but all at once those who had been 　3　 behind at the ice-stall(小摊)came。running up 　4　 some announcement or other，and they all left the water and dashed back 　5　 they had come．With growing excitement，Maureen 　6　 after them．

　　When she saw 　7　 they been running for，she stopped running．They were buying 　8　 again．The toy stall was open and they were crowded around it．Behind the stall a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish．She took money from the 　9　 of small hands in exchanging for little boats，plastic dolls，yellow pencils and rubbers，anything．Maureen leaned 　10　 a tree，looking on．The idea of spending washed against her face like a strong current，trying to draw 　11　 in．

　　Nona Parker pushed out to the edge of the group 　12　 laid what she had bought on the ground 　13　 she could what money she had left in her white purse．Under Maureen's eyes 　14　 a boat，a mouth organ，and little plates of dolls'food in colored plasters-a brown load of bread，a joint of beef，a pink pudding(布丁)　15　 tiny and terribly desirable．Maureen was so full of the wish for the things like that she 　16　 bear to look at it．She turned her head 　17　 Her face against the tree，she shut her 　18　 and prayed eagerly for some money，for the price of a set of toy plates．

　　In a moment，she opened her eyes，but she didn't turn back to the shall．It was too 　19　 to see the others buying whatever they wanted．She rubbed al-most round the tree，her eyes on the ground ．And 　20　 at her very feet was a ten pence piece．

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I was brought up by my grandparents for the first years of my life. We   36  in a very small community and all of my aunts and uncles lived   37_ . Everyone had a hand in taking care of my safety. Of course in those days   38  everyone in the community spoke the beautiful language of my childhood. When my grandfather spoke I would _ 39_ him carefully.
Then at age six my father   40  from the army. I was forbidden to speak that 41  ever again. My grandfather was   42  . He couldn’t speak English, so my grandmother would   43  for him whenever he spoke to me. With my mother and father we   44 from that small community. I was about to enter public school so I had to learn English. My grandfather   45  when I was eight and we returned to that small community for his funeral. He was   46  in the living room, as was the tradition. I went and stood by him and   47  no one was around I spoke to him in a whisper   48  that beautiful language of my childhood. That was the   49  time I spoke those words.
Almost fifty years later, _ 50 _ I had forgotten the beautiful language of my childhood, I had the opportunity to   51  a newly written paper of it. On my first look at it I recognized   52  . I must have looked it over several times in the following weeks. Then one day I read out loud a word from my past. I almost cried. I was   53 reading over other words. Words came   54  back to me after all these years. When receiving something from someone, you don’t take it from their hand, rather you let them lay it in your hand. For me it was   55  ---The beautiful language of my childhood was Michif. It was not only a language but also a way of life.

We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store. 11  we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than  12  and making a sale.

One lesson stands out in my  13 . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was  14  a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed （磨破）and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to   15  to buy anything. He looked   16  the toy section, picked up this item and   17 , and carefully put them   18  in their place.

Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes   19  and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas _20____ to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his   21  and look around. He did.

After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy   22 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”

“How much you got?” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and  23  it. His hand was creased(起皱) with   24  lines of dirt from holding his  25  too tightly. In his hand  26  two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.

“That’ll just  27  it,” Dad said as he   28  the sale. Dad’s reply still   29  in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a   30 .

We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store.  1  we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than  2  and making a sale.

       One lesson stands out in my  3  . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working in evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was  4   a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to  5  to buy anything. He looked  6  the toy section, picked up this item and  7 , and carefully put them  8  in their place.

       Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes  9  and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas 10  to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his  11  and look around. He did.

       After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy  12 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”

       “How much you got?” Dad asked.

       The little boy held out his hand and  13  it. His hand was creased（起皱） with  14  lines of dirt from holding his  15   too tightly. In his hand  16  two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.

       “That’ll just  17  it,” Dad said as he  18  the sale. Dad’s reply still  19  in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a  20  .

1．A．Because                B．Since                  C．As                      D．After

2．A．survival                 B．labor                   C．hardship              D．entertainment

3．A．way                      B．mind                   C．life                      D．time

4．A．putting on             B．dressing              C．having                 D．wearing

5．A．try                        B．attempt                C．afford                 D．manage

6．A．for                       B．around                C．up                      D．over

7．A．that                      B．one                     C．it                        D．this

8．A．up                        B．away                   C．back                   D．off

9．A．opened                  B．smiled                 C．shone                  D．looked

10．A．tree                     B．card                    C．present                D．cake

11．A．effort                  B．word                   C．time                    D．courage

12．A．car                     B．gift                     C．plane                   D．section

13．A．showed               B．opened                C．gave                   D．turned

14．A．long                    B．straight                C．wet                     D．main

15．A．toy                     B．pocket                 C．hand                   D．money

16．A．lay                      B．had                     C．held                    D．laid

17．A．work                  B．cover                  C．need                   D．take

18．A．took                    B．returned              C．made                  D．offered 

19．A．rings                   B．stays                  C．remains               D．gets

20．A．bag              B．treasure           C．package         D．thing