When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in   41   .

    One hot summer afternoon, I was   42   down the highway to New York when another car suddenly   43   into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n)   44   driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.

    I was    45   with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to（注意） the lane change, and he   46   did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away   47   after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(弯道) and found the   48  car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked   49   . As there was no telephone nearby and the nearest services were twenty miles away, I decided to    50    and see what the problem was.

   The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had another tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to   51   him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I  52   the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt   53   after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier   54  my car run off the road.

You can really enjoy great   55 from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.

41. A. need             B. school        C. danger              D. summer

42. A. walking           B. riding         C. running              D. driving

43. A. fell               B. jumped        C. came                D. climbed

44. A. new                     B. experienced           C. frightened           D. cheerful

45. A. unhappy          B. interested        C. kind                  D. friendly

46. A. even             B. certainly        C. almost               D. simply

47. A. quickly           B. quietly        C. politely               D. carefully

48. A. new             B. red                  C. same                D. other

49. A. excited           B. relaxed         C. surprised             D. worried

50. A. stay             B. search          C. stop                 D. hide

51. A. give               B. train          C. help                 D. encourage

52. A. began            B. finished       C. took                D. continued

53. A. good             B. sorry         C. angry               D. shy

54. A. kept               B. made         C. watched             D. heard

55. A. friendship         B. success       C. excitement           D. happiness