During the years of depression(萧条), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade things with each other.
One day I was  36   some potatoes from Mr Miller. I noticed a small poor boy hungrily   37  a full basket of freshly picked green peas. Then I was  38   to see that Mr Miller sold the boy a bag of peas for just a marble (弹球).
Mrs Miller, who had been standing nearby,   39_ and told me that Mr Miller loved to trade with the three boys in the village for peas, tomatoes, and other things  40   he didn’t really need any marbles. I left the stand, smiling to myself,   41   by this man.
Several years went by. One day I learned that Mr Miller had died. I took part in the funeral(葬礼),  42_  three young men . They came over to Mrs Miller, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke with her and moved on, _43_ their eyes.
Our _44_ came to meet Mrs Miller. I mentioned _45   she had told me about the _46. She told me, “Those three young men above were the boys I told you about. They just told me  47  they appreciated the things Jim ‘traded ’with them. Now, at last, they came to pay their debt.”
“We’ve _48   had a great deal of the wealth in this world,” she _49_, “but right now, Jim wouldW#W$W%.K**S*&5︿U consider himself to be the _50_ man.”
Then she gently lifted the  51   fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.
At that time I realized that we would not be  52    by our words, but by our kind  53  . It is said that it takes a minute to find a  54  person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to 55   him.

A．buying B．selling C．borrowing D．hunting

A．reaching for B．glancing at C．staring at D．picking up

A．astonished B．amazed C．annoyed D．worried

A．turned over B．going over C．came over D．coming over

A．but B．otherwise C．or D．although

A．suspected B．impressed C．regretted D．embarrassed

A．discovering B．watching C．finding D．seeing

A．closing B．rolling C．cleaning D．wiping

A．time B．chance C．turn D．decision

A．the story B．the proverb C．the legend D．the joke

A．marbles B．men C．debt D．life

A．why B．how C．when D．what

A．ever B．always C．never D．seldom

A．laughed B．cried C．sighed D．added

A．honest B．happiest C．coldest D．richest

A．lifeless B．regretless C．useless D．hopeless

A．thought B．touched C．remembered D．affected

A．deeds B．things C．remarks D．rewards

A．strict B．honest C．special D．learned

A．ignore B．forget C．recognize D．remind