用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯。

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her car had broken down. Just then a poor man, Robert, came. He was on his way back home from work as___1___.

The lady thought, “Is the man going to help me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise, he stopped and said __2___ a smile, “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening.

After forty minutes, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him. “No, that’s ___3___, madam.” he said, “I was just helping someone in need. If you really want to pay me back, I hope ___4___ you see someone in trouble, you can give him a hand.” A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby (破旧的)house by the road. She ___5___ Robert’s words, so she stopped. The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was not a ___6___ family and they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady ___7___ 500 dollars on the table and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how hard their life was. Their ___8___ was to be born the next month but there wasn’t ___9___ money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’s going to be all right. A stranger has helped us out.”

Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ___10____.

选出与所给句子画线部分意思相同或相近的选项

1.Robert does well in playing table tennis.

A. is good at                 B. is interested in          

C. likes                      D. hates

2. Han Meimei lost her library book just now, didn’t she?

A. right now                 B. long before               

C. a moment ago              D. just then

3.Mr. King told me to give him a call at nine this evening.

A. give him a talk          B. take him a message    

C. wake him up              D. ring him up

4. Mr. Brown bought a few Chinese books yesterday.

A. a little                      B. a lot of                     

C. several                       D. a bit

5. Allan failed to answer Miss Zhao’s question in today’s English class.

A. wasn’t able to           B. didn’t want to           

C. was able to              D. would like to

6. —Is this schoolbag yours?

       —No. Mine is different from it.

A. smaller than              B. bigger than               

C. the same, as              D. not the same as

The warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door and went to the yard, took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly, I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door, with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.
“Hi! My name is Robert,” I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said, “Hello, Robert. I’m Charlene.” Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later, I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to look after her. From that day on, I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed, and I considered Charlene to be one of my best friends.
One day, I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I knocked again, and she still didn’t turn up. So I let myself in, using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom, and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will(遗嘱), which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly.
Although it has been a long time, I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house, I remember the wonderful friendship we had.
【小题1】The writer came out of the house to ____________.