阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got The "Help Wanted Unskilled" section．A small advertisement held my 　　1　　．It read："Easy job．Good wages．No experience 　　2　　． "it sounded like the job I was 　　3　　 ．Easy job．Good Wages．Those four words 　　4　　 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 　　5　　．Easy job．Good wages．Easy job．Good Wages．Easy…

　　When I got to the place I saw a series of large 　　6　　 half filled with water, out of which I noticed 　　7　　 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes．　　8　　 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches．All had their 　　9　　 in the water of the basin．the left hand holding a 　　10　　 and the thumb(拇指)nail of the right hand 　　11　　 the labels(标签)on it．

　　I Sat down On a 　　12　　 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle．As the minutes went by I noticed that the 　　13　　 0f the water started to 　　14　　 from my hand to my body．But 　　15　　 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 　　16　　 by the minute into a full－blown tomato－colored finger．A numb(麻木)pain began to be felt 　　17　　 from my right thumb．Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body．After three hours of this I told the manager I'd 　　18　　 ．He figured I had 　　19　　 69 cents at 23 cents an hour．

　　With the money, I left the working place． "Easy job．Good wages．…" came to my brain again．Looking at my hands, I 　　20　　 myself, "Can easy job get good wages?"

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　　It was a cold winter morning．Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance, 　　1　　 for the train to take me to my 　　2　　 in Boston．The world was quiet．The very few people were in the street bar, 　　3　　 their coffee and chatting．．

　　Reaching into my pocket as the 　　4　　 was approaching, my numb hand searched for the ＄20 bill to pay my fare．The pocket was 　　5　　!I searched through my bag and then I felt 　　6　　．Unless the money dropped from the sky, I'd be 　　7　　 there．

　　“What's the matter?” A short, elderly man stood before me．

　　“Oh, nothing…Well, I 　　8　　 my money and now I can't pay for the ticket．I'm going to 　　9　　 my math class and the train is leaving．”

　　“Here, use this．”

　　The man held a ＄20 bill．I looked up, 　　10　　．People just didn't do that any more．Everyone worried about their own 　　11　　, rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers．

　　“Thank you, but no, I can't．”

　　“　　12　　 it－go!” The man pushed me 　　13　　 the train．I bought a round-trip ticket, and he refused the change I 　　14　　 to give him back．I did not know what to say－a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood 　　15　　．

　　For the train ride I was silent．I began to see the world through 　　16　　 eyes．That man made a difference with such a simple 　　17　　．

　　A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra＄20 　　18　　 I saw the man．And there he was．

　　“Excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this．” I 　　19　　 the money into his hand．

　　Failing to refuse, he said, “Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes some day．” I smiled, 　　20　　．

　　The elderly man is my hero．For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a giving stranger who taught me a lesson in life．I will never forget his kindness．

阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog．Her body was numb(麻木的)．She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours．Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions．Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast．

　　On that fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so thick that she could hardly see her support boats．Sharks swam toward her lone figure, only to be driven away by rifle shots．Against the frigid(寒冷的)grip of the sea, she struggled on－hour after hour－while millions watched on national television．

　　Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement．They told her it wasn’t much farther．But all she could see was fog．They urged her not to give up．She never had…until then．With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out．

　　Still thawing(使变暖和)her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it．” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her．It was the fog．She was unable to see her goal．

　　Two months later, she tried again．This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact(完整无损的)and her goal clearly pictured in her mind．She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it!Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing(超越)the men’s record by two hours!