I was in my parked car, holding a book and reading. Once in a while I looked up, watching the people passing by. When I raised my    35   again, I saw an old lady with a large bag walking slowly towards my car. The bag seemed not only to make her steps    36  , but also make her out of breath. She looked tired and I thought she must be more than 70 years old.

She stopped and put a hand out to rest    37   it, gently (轻柔地，徐缓地) closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Was there a way I could do something? I tried to keep my body still while my mind    38   for answers. However, because of my careless head movement, she noticed me, and she    39  moved her hand away from the car. I picked up a bottle of water at once, gently opened the door and offered the bottle to her. She    40   me, and then shook her head and walked away.

I was so    41   with myself. I should have been more careful not to move. Instead of    42   a hand, I had interrupted (打扰，中断) the old lady’s    43   moment of rest. I was feeling blue. Just at that moment, I saw the lady coming back again. I opened the door and patted (轻拍) the    44   next to me. She sat down, opened her bag and offered me a banana. I took it and offered her the bottle of water again. She took it.

I ate, she drank and we smiled. She    45   for a couple of minutes. Those minutes brought such quietness to me. Then she took my head in both her hands, made a small kissing    46   in the air, opened the car door and walked away.

I was trying to help someone in distress (困苦，苦恼). In turn, I became distressed and she took away my distress and replaced it with quietness.

“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance（表演） tonight．I hope you’ll come．Here is the ticket．Don’t forget!” Then she  1  in a hurry．

 “What? Dance? Is that  2  ? ” I asked myself．Mary was not such kind of girl．She was quite  3   one．I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes．In fact, she really did not know    4  to dress up．What a terrible thing!

“I should go to, I must go to．” I thought．

I arrived at the hall with the ticket, fond my  5   and sat down．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would have a  6   time before her turn, for I had no sense of art,   7   her performance was worth watching, no matter how ling I would wait．

Time went  8  , I tried my best not to fall asleep．

Just then, came the  9  , “Let’s welcome the next exciting dance – Latin!”

Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible,  10  to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared．She  11  with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying…I could  12  believe my eyes．

After all the performance ended, I  13  her at the gate．

“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal（水晶） shoes．“How do you feel?”

“Fantastic!” I answered．

“Ha, ha．I knew  14  would be．” She could not hide her excitement, laughing  15   a child．

At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

1． A． came                B． jumped               C． left                D． moved

2． A． possible             B． lucky             C． funny              D． careful

3． A． modern             B． common           C． perfect              D． careful

4． A． why               B． where             C． when                 D． how

5． A． seat                B． room              C． gate                  D． way

6． A． great               B． short               C． hard                      D． relaxing

7． A． or                 B． so                 C． but               D． and

8． A． quickly             B． slowly             C． safely             D． easily

9． A． words             B． sentences          C． sounds                    D． cries

10． A． hoping           B． fearing           C． planning            D． hating

11． A． walked           B． skated            C． danced                    D． stood

12． A． seriously          B． hardly              C． nearly              D． certainly

13． A． waited for        B． looked for         C． paid for            D． cared for

14． A． I                 B． you                 C． she               D． it

15． A． as               B． like              C． for                D． at