20.A.buying B. selling
C. wondering D. behaving
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Yes, she was a helpful
neighbor. She moved away the leaves for me in fall, 1 my ice in winter, and mowed the lawn in
summer. And she asked for nothing in 2 , but God knows what she was 3 !
Then
one day last year, while my wife and I were entertaining friends in our
backyard, I heard a 4 crack. My basement window had been broken
to pieces. We rushed to the 5 , and there was that busy woman
again! “What have you done to my window?” I asked angrily.
“Nothing.
I was just sweeping the leaves when it suddenly broke. I didn’t 6 touch it.”
“Shut
up! No more 7 ! Do you want to fix it for me, or
should I call the police?”
“Kindness
is never paid in kindness,” she mumbled to herself. “ 8
me right.”
“Speak
out. What are you going to do?”
“I’ll
get your window 9 .”
“When?”
“Right
now,” she said 10 as she walked away.
A
man came and took the 11 . Thirty minutes later he returned
with a new window. In less than an hour, my forty-year-old wooden window was
replaced by a(n) 12 one. To tell you the truth, I had wanted
to change it for a long time, but just didn’t have a chance. Thank God, I got
it free of 13 at last. Why not? She was a helpful woman
who 14 doing good deeds for others 15 .
Just
16 you and me, the true story is that while
she was sweeping the tree leaves for me, my boy---who was playing in the
basement--- 17 his ball right through the old window. It
was the perfect 18 for me to threaten to 19 charges against her. What a helpful 20 !