(09·安徽)

After spending a weekend away with my adult son, I was so impressed by his generous heart that I sent him this letter.

  Dear son,

      I want to thank you for teaching me a very 1  lesson in life by the great example you   2 . When we were eating at that café in Bondi and a person who had 3   his hamburger didn’t have enough money to pay for it, without any 4  , you went over and put the 5   $2 into his hand.

      When we were leaving, you  6 threw a five-cent coin onto the pavement and said  7  like, “Some kid will really enjoy 8   this.”

      Last week, a young man  9  me in the line at a petrol station didn’t have 10  money to pay for his petrol. I asked the money collector, “How much 11  is he?” She told me he had meant to put $15 of petrol in his car 12  he had been looking at the wrong gauge(計量表) and had put in 15  13 , which came to just over  14 . That is an easy mistake 15  both gauges run fast.

      Something made me think of you and 16   you did that night at the café in Bondi. I handed the man $6. He was so 17 and said, “But why would you do this for me?” I just smiled as I thought of you.

     Thank you,  son,  for teaching me that “it’s 18  to give than receive”. Now when I see a five-cent coin on the  19  and want to pick it up, I think of you and leave it  20 , just in case some kid will get a kick out of finding it.

                                           Love always, Mum

1. A. humorous          B. private           C. reasonable      D. valuable

2. A. followed           B. gave             C. set            D. took

3. A. ordered            B. booked           C. offered        D. bought

4. A. hesitation          B. doubt             C. permission     D. difficulty

5. A. other             B. last               C. extra          D. rest

6. A. again             B. already            C. only          D. also

7．A. nothing          B. everything         C. anything       D．something

8．A．finding         B．accepting         C．looking for    D．pointing at

9.  A．behind         B．beyond           C．ahead of      D．next to

10．A．much           B．some            C．any          D．enough

11．A．far             B．1ong             C．short        D．high

12．A．and             B．but              C．so          D．while

13．A．1itres           B．kilograms         C．pounds      D．kilometres

14．A．$15             B．$20             C．$25         D．$30

15．A．until            B．as               C．although     D．unless

16．A．what            B．which            C．whatever     D．whichever

17．A．excited          B．surprised          C．interested    D．encouraged

18．A．easier            B．better           C．faster        D．worse

19.  A．corner            B．way            C．ground      D．carpet

20．A．there             B．here            C．out         D．around