10.( ) A. them B.
us C.
you D.
those
(三)
Mark was
walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had
tripped(绊倒) and dropped all his books. Mark 1
and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Then as they
walked along together, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved
video games, baseball and history,
2 he was having lots of trouble with his
other subjects. He also learned that he had just 3
with his girlfriend.
They arrived
at Bill’s home first and Mark was
4 in for a Coke and to
watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly. They then became good
friends and later entered the same senior high school where they had brief contacts
over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks 5
graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill 6
him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever
wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see,
I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a 7
for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping
8 .But after we spent some time
together talking and laughing, I
9 that if I had killed
myself, I would have 10 that time and so many others that
might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you
picked up my life as well.”