My husband and I sat outside. A small child about three came up the street, accompanied by her mother. As she saw another girl a few feet away, she gave her admiring comment, “Mommy, I like her dress.” Her mom   21  , “Well, why don’t you go and tell her?”
The little girl walked   22   toward the girl wearing the pretty dress. The other one,
  23   the same age, was standing with her   24   turned, alongside her parents. They had not heard the compliment (赞美). Receiving no answer, this little one   25  . My husband said to the other girl, “  26   wants to tell you something.” As she turned around, connection was made. Once again, the little one   27   “I like your dress,” and upon hearing those words, the other one gave her a big smile and excitedly   28   “Look, it’s a spinning (旋转) dress!”, at which moment she began to spin in  29. Both of them smiled widely.
Now, the one stopped spinning and said, “It’s my favorite dress and I have (a)   30   that match!” She   31   running toward a stroller (婴儿车) parked nearby.
The mom and the daughter started to   32   down the street,   33   the encounter (邂逅) had ended. Moments later, the “spinning dress girl” reappeared, shoes in hand,   34   her new friend who had seemingly disappeared. Now, an elderly couple, seated on a bench, had obviously been  35   of all this. The man   36   the child, saying, “There’s someone coming behind you.” Then we saw one showed and the other   37   the beautiful shoes.
If you can make a   38   better, do it. I have no idea how many others that evening might have   39   this act, hoping to help good things to happen. But such brief moments,  40   together, make up what might very well be the important times in our lives.

A．replied B．scolded C．laughed D．required

A．secretly B．shyly C．heavily D．suddenly

A．usually B．hopefully C．likely D．luckily

A．back B．head C．nose D．hand

A．shouted B．left C．cried D．hesitated

A．Anyone B．Someone C．Everyone D．No one

A．suggested B．apologized C．explained D．announced

A．turned B．shared C．jumped D．agreed

A．circles B．lines C．directions D．rows

A．shoes B．socks C．shirt D．hat

A．took off B．turned down C．put on D．made up

A．lead B．look C．head D．get

A．remembering B．hoping C．saying D．thinking

A．coming across B．looking for C．shouting at D．calling on

A．watchful B．careful C．proud D．fond

A．calmed B．comforted C．stopped D．seated

A．wore B．admired C．compared D．bought

A．moment B．life C．girl D．dress

A．learned B．performed C．praised D．observed

A．seized B．spent C．threaded D．lost