Today, I felt unhappy with my head full of problems, so I decided to take a walk even though I didn’t know where I would go. The most    16    thing happened when I was walking along the street.

I saw an old man, over seventy years old, sitting on a chair. He was a seller of secondhand shoes. He seemed so helpless and nobody was    17     his shoes. Then, a little girl came towards him. I heard the girl say in a/an    18     voice, “Grandfather, may I clean your shoes?” That old man    19     and passed her a shoe. The girl said, “I do this    20    I want to earn some money to buy my brother a new school    21    .”

I heard this and tears came to my eyes. To my    22   , the old man said,” Oh, little girl, just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy one     23    you.” To see what would happen, I    24   . They walked to a    25     and there the old man    26     gave her a uniform, which must have cost him a lot. The girl was    27     and said, “Thank you so much for doing this. May God bless you.” Then she left, leaving the old man    28    .

As the old man decided to leave, I stopped him and whispered in his ear, “You are really a great hero! Thank you for your    29    !” My own sadness had disappeared. It had been    30     by the light of this moving act. I began to realize that a little act can brighten up someone’s day.

16. A. strange               B. unlucky             C. amazing            D. interesting

17. A. cleaning              B. buying               C. finding              D. taking

18. A. polite                  B. angry                C. high                  D. funny

19. A. agreed                B. sold                  C. began                D. sat

20. A. if                        B. unless               C. though                     D. because

21. A. shoe                   B. bag                   C. uniform             D. shirt

22. A. sadness               B. surprise             C. happiness          D. excitement

23. A. for                            B. to                            C. with                  D. at

24. A. left                     B. stayed               C. guessed             D. followed

25. A. restaurant            B. shop                 C. museum            D. sitting-room

26. A. really                  B. suddenly            C. slowly               D. nearly

27. A. relaxed                B. humorous          C. tired                  D. excited

28. A. crying                 B. shouting            C. smiling              D. walking

29. A. money                B. kindness            C. support             D. suggestion

30. A. driven away        B. turned down      C. talked about       D. used up

Today, I felt unhappy with my head full of problems, so I decided to take a walk even though I didn’t I know where I would go. The most   21   thing happened when I was walking along the street.

I saw an old man, over seventy years old, sitting on a chair. He was a seller of second-hand shoes. He seemed so helpless and nobody was   22   his shoes. Then, a little girl came towards him. I heard the girl say in a / an   23   voice, “Grandfather, may I clean your shoes?” That old man   24   and passed her a shoe. The girl said, “I do this   25   I want to earn some money to buy my brother a new school   26  .”

I heard this and tears came to my eyes. To my   27  , the old man said, “Oh, little girl, just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy one   28   you.” To see what would happen, I   29  . They walked to a   30   and there the old man   31   got her a uniform, which must have cost him a lot. The girl was   32   and said, “Thank you so much for doing this. May God bless you.” Then she left, leaving the old man   33  .

As the old man decided to leave, I stopped him and whispered in his ear, “You are really a great hero! Thank you for your   34  !” My own sadness had disappeared. It had been   35   by the light of this moving act. I began to realize that a little act can brighten up someone’s day.

21. A. strange                B. unlucky                    C. amazing                 D. interesting

22. A. cleaning               B. buying                      C. finding                   D. taking

23. A. polite                   B. angry                        C. high                       D. funny

24. A. agreed                 B. sold                          C. began                     D. sat

25. A. if                        B. unless                       C. though                   D. because

26. A. shoe                    B. bag                           C. uniform                  D. cap

27. A. sadness               B. surprise                    C. happiness               D. excitement

28. A. for                      B. to                             C. with                       D. at

29. A. left                      B. stayed                       C. guessed                  D. followed

30. A. restaurant            B. shop                         C. museum                 D. sitting-room

31. A. really                   B. suddenly                   C. slowly                    D. nearly

32. A. relaxed                B. humorous                 C. tired                       D. excited

33. A. crying                 B. standing                    C. smiling                   D. walking

34. A. money                 B. kindness                   C. support                  D. suggestion

35. A. driven away     B. turned down           C. talked about        D. used up

Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office . “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”

Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”

The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”

“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet .Of course, she’s only three…”

“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”

Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”

“Er, well—” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs …let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”

The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.

26．Harry was worried because __________.　 .

　 A．the woman was angry with him B．he had not done his work properly

　 C．the Jersey timetable was wrong　 D．the little girl didn’t have a return ticket

27．Harry started talking to the little girl ________.

　 A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do

　 B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl

　 C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice

　 D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl

28．When Harry said,“The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”he meant that

　 A．they must follow it without other choice ,even though the fault was his

　 B．he had to be strict with the woman because of the law ,although he didn’t want to

　 C．the woman had to pay him ￡1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel

　 D．she should pay ￡1.50, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying

29．The woman left the office without saying anything because __________.

　 A．she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket

　 B．she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man

　 C．she was moved by Harry’s kindness

　 D．she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted　

30．How did the woman feel when she left the office?

　 A. angry　　　 B. peaceful　　 C. embarrassed　 D. nervous