I’d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to
and get the tools to fix the problem. It certainly wasn’t
doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled up beside me. A man got out and offered to
me. Seeing tattoos (纹身) on his arm, I became
as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But
I could say anything, he had already begun to take the tools to change the
. While watching him, I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This
me.
Then, without warning, it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, I unwillingly agreed. When I settled into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. I replied with much
when seeing an old woman there. It must be his mother, I thought. To my surprise, the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you
the tyre.” “I am grateful for his help,” I said. “Me too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he
at the church and taught disadvantaged students for free.
Finally, Jeff helped me change the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he refused it. As we shook hands to say goodbye I apologized for my stupid
at the first sight of him, and this incident warned us that we shouldn’t judge people by the way they
.
| 小题2: | | A．difficult | B．easy | C．bad | D．polite |
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| 小题3: | | A．lift | B．carry | C．drive | D．help |
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| 小题4: | | A．discouraged | B．disappointed | C．frightened | D．astonished |
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| 小题5: | | A．as | B．before | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题6: | | A．tyre | B．suit | C．shirt | D．tools |
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| 小题7: | | A．puzzled | B．embarrassed | C．calmed | D．concerned |
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| 小题8: | | A．fear | B．relief | C．satisfaction | D．delight |
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| 小题9: | | A．taking on | B．fighting for | C．picking out | D．struggling with |
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| 小题10: | | A．volunteered | B．studied | C．grew | D．performed |
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| 小题11: | | A．ignorance | B．words | C．reaction | D．comment |
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| 小题12: | | A．drove | B．walked | C．behaved | D．looked |
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