I was doing a big clean-up and my kids were helping. One of my sons came across a handkerchief of mine with a coin inside. I took one look and was immediately    to another time．

    In 1991，I had spent five months in Viger(尼日尔)，a hot African country. There were many things I found       about this place—the climate and beggars who       shouted “Cadeau! Cadeau!” It means gift．

One      was a lot worse．One day，a friend and I headed for neighboring Burkina Faso to work in a health clinic．However，a motorbike with two men      slowly．Without warning，one of the men     my backpack as the motorbike swept close by．The bag had my passport，money，an airline ticket and other things precious to me．I was in deep      ．In the weeks that followed I looked at all   with suspicion.

   All I wanted was to leave this place．One day，I was stopped by an old woman “Cadeau!” she cried. I’d had enough! I was sick and tired of the country．I told her firmly，“A thief stole all my money and now I can’t get off your country.” The beggar woman listened carefully and     my words．

  “Then I will give you a cadeau,” she announced．Kindly，she placed an old brown coin in my palm. I looked at it   ．Living in poverty，she gave me something priceless! I saw then the     beauty of the people of Burkina Faso and    deeply the quiet dignity of the small coin；she turned my perceptions upside down．

1.A. welcomed       B. transported              C．exchanged          D. expected

2.A. difficult           B. easy        C. curious            D. adequate

3.A. annoyingly        B. carefully       C. politely                     D. calmly

4.A. clinic               B. present                 C. opportunity      D. incident

5.A. continued       B. failed                     C. approached             D. dropped

6.A. grabbed          B. broke                    C. borrowed               D. fixed

7.A. debt              B. snow            C. trouble                  D. thought

8.A. plats              B. friends                   C. men           D. locals

9.A. denied             B. used                      C. considered              D. changed

10.A. in horror       B. in shock         C. in return                D. in addition

11.A. uncertain                B. unfortunate             C. unnecessary               D. unexpected

12.A. thanked                  B. regretted                C. appreciated             D. pitied

    Suddenly the crowd became silent．Mary and Margaret looked in the   5   where everybody was looking．They saw some men in the window of the house   6   the burning building．The window frame had been   7   out and a long ladder had been   8   out of the window, towards the burning building,   9   the narrow street．It was a sort of air bridge high above the ground.

    The crowd gave a loud shout as one of the men   10   out of the window onto the ladder and quickly went towards the burning factory．He   11   over and jumped into the other window.

    “There he is   12   !”Shouted the people when they saw him out on the ladder with an unconscious man on his shoulders.

    “It’s Jem Wilson!” Margaret cried out．Jem moved slowly, the ladder   13   under him．The people watched him, holding their   14   ．At last he reached the opposite window and a loud shout went   15   from the crowd.

    “In a few moments the hero appeared on the ladder again．He was going over for the other worker．But on his way back he moved very slowly．Suddenly he   16   , holding the other man on his shoulders.

    The crowd stood   17   with horror．Many shut their eyes so as not to see Jem   18   .

    There were only four or five steps left between the brave man and the window．Gathering all his   19   he took another step forward...another...still another．At last he   20   the window．The lives of the two men were saved.

1．A．reason

B．people

C．problems

D．chance

2．A．plenty

B．other

C．most

D．rest

3．A．impossible

B．unable

C．waiting

D．eager

4．A．heated

B．burning

C．destroyed

D．covered

5．A．direction

B．place

C．way

D．floor

6．A．of

B．above

C．opposite

D．behind

7．A．taken

B．fixed

C．worked

D．burnt

8．A．longed

B．pulled

C．pushed

D．added

9．A．on

B．across

C．through

D．between

10．A．watched

B．stepped

C．looked

D．appeared

11．A．flew

B．climbed

C．got

D．crossed

12．A．brave

B．silent

C．nervous

D．again

13．A．appeared

B．shook

C．moved

D．broke

14．A．hands

B．clothes

C．arms

D．breath

15．A．up

B．out

C．down

D．over

16．A．dropped

B．stopped

C．shouted

D．slowed

17．A．dumbfounded

B．excitedly

C．silent

D．worried

18．A．fall

B．hurt

C．sink

D．disappear

19．A．courage

B．spirit

C．energy

D．strength

20．A．reached

B．arrived

C．got

D．left

The western end of the factory was now on fire．And there, at one of the windows the fourth floor, two men could be seen．For some   1   or other they had left in the factory after the   2   of the workers had left．The thing was that they had not seen the fire approach． Now the two men stood there   3   to get down as the staircase had been   4   by fire.

    Suddenly the crowd became silent．Mary and Margaret looked in the   5   where everybody was looking．They saw some men in the window of the house   6   the burning building．The window frame had been   7   out and a long ladder had been   8   out of the window, towards the burning building,   9   the narrow street．It was a sort of air bridge high above the ground.

    The crowd gave a loud shout as one of the men   10   out of the window onto the ladder and quickly went towards the burning factory．He   11   over and jumped into the other window.

    “There he is   12   !”Shouted the people when they saw him out on the ladder with an unconscious man on his shoulders.

    “It’s Jem Wilson!” Margaret cried out．Jem moved slowly, the ladder   13   under him．The people watched him, holding their   14   ．At last he reached the opposite window and a loud shout went   15   from the crowd.

    “In a few moments the hero appeared on the ladder again．He was going over for the other worker．But on his way back he moved very slowly．Suddenly he   16   , holding the other man on his shoulders.

    The crowd stood   17   with horror．Many shut their eyes so as not to see Jem   18   .

    There were only four or five steps left between the brave man and the window．Gathering all his   19   he took another step forward...another...still another．At last he   20   the window．The lives of the two men were saved.

1．A．reason

B．people

C．problems

D．chance

2．A．plenty

B．other

C．most

D．rest

3．A．impossible

B．unable

C．waiting

D．eager

4．A．heated

B．burning

C．destroyed

D．covered

5．A．direction

B．place

C．way

D．floor

6．A．of

B．above

C．opposite

D．behind

7．A．taken

B．fixed

C．worked

D．burnt

8．A．longed

B．pulled

C．pushed

D．added

9．A．on

B．across

C．through

D．between

10．A．watched

B．stepped

C．looked

D．appeared

11．A．flew

B．climbed

C．got

D．crossed

12．A．brave

B．silent

C．nervous

D．again

13．A．appeared

B．shook

C．moved

D．broke

14．A．hands

B．clothes

C．arms

D．breath

15．A．up

B．out

C．down

D．over

16．A．dropped

B．stopped

C．shouted

D．slowed

17．A．dumbfounded

B．excitedly

C．silent

D．worried

18．A．fall

B．hurt

C．sink

D．disappear

19．A．courage

B．spirit

C．energy

D．strength

20．A．reached

B．arrived

C．got

D．left