It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a __
__ across the river. The wait seemed
____. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
____, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by，and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s
____ and said, “Sir, would you
____ giving me a ride to the other side?”
____ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost
____. He could not get
____ the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river,
____ to the old man’s home.
As they
___ the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I
____ and you asked me for a ride at once. Why?
____I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked
____ the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t
____. It would be
____ even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw
____. I knew that you would help me.”
The words
____ the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others
____ simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does
____ in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his
____ back to the White House。
| 小题1: | | A．help | B．ride | C．trip | D．drive |
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| 小题2: | | A．useful | B．boring | C．fortunate | D．endless |
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| 小题3: | | A．Gradually | B．Finally | C．Sadly | D．Surprisingly |
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| 小题5: | | A．like | B．think | C．offer | D．mind |
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| 小题6: | | A．Speeding | B．Riding | C．Stopping | D．Leaving |
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| 小题7: | | A．shocked | B．stuck | C．frozen | D．injured |
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| 小题10: | | A．neared | B．visited | C．passed | D．missed |
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| 小题11: | | A．came on | B．came in | C．came up | D．came out |
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| 小题12: | | A．Even if | B．What if | C．As if | D．Only if |
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| 小题15: | | A．useless. | B．risky | C．dangerous | D．foolish |
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| 小题16: | | A．bravery | B．loyalty | C．ambition | D．kindness |
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| 小题17: | | A．attracted | B．comforted | C．touched | D．occupied |
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| 小题19: | | A．desire | B．live | C．count. | D．advance |
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| 小题20: | | A．choice | B．living | C．mind | D．way |
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