35.
---He eventually realized his own fault and wanted to reform.
---_______.
A. It’s no use pumping a dry
well B.
It never rains but it pours
C. Better safe than sorry D.
Never too late to mend
Section B (18 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases
marked A,B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits
the context.
I don’t forget one
Thanksgiving when my family didn’t have any food or money, and somebody came
knocking on the door. A man was 36 there with a big box of food, a giant
turkey and even some pans to cook it in. I couldn’t 37 it. My father asked, “Where do you come
from? Who are you?” The man answered, “I am here because a friend of yours
knows you are in need and that you wouldn’t accept direct help, so I have
brought this for you. Have a great Thanksgiving.”
My father said, “No, no, we
38 accept.” The stranger
answered, “You don’t have 39
.” He closed the door and went away.
Obviously that experience
had a profound impact on my life. I 40 myself that someday I would do well
enough financially 41 I could do the same thing for other
people. By the time I was 18, I had created my Thanksgiving habit. I would go
out shopping and buy enough food for one or two 42 . Then I would dress
like a delivery boy, go to the farthest neighborhood and just knock on a 43 . I always included a note that
explained my Thanksgiving experience as a kid. The note said, “All that I ask 44 is that you take good care of
45 so that someday you can do
the same thing for someone else.” I have received much more from this than I
have from any amount of money I’ve ever made.
Several years ago I was in Chicago with my new wife
during Thanksgiving. She was upset because we were not with our family. 46
she would be home decorating the house for Christmas, but we were stuck in a
hotel room. When I told her what I always do on Thanksgiving, she got excited.
We packed enough food for
seven families for thirty days and went to buildings where half a dozen people
lived in one room with no electricity and no heat in winter. It was both an 47
realization that people lived
this way and a truly filling experience to make even a small difference.