Signs can sometimes be seen at the entrance of a house, expressing that a tramp（流浪汉）has passed. This special sign-language is frequently   50    by tramps to inform their    51    whether the host of a certain house is friendly or unfriendly, and to   52    them the trouble of making unnecessary calls.
Quite   53    one day, I came across a real tramp. He was such a rare sight these days that I stood some distance away and watched him. He was dressed just as a tramp should be in, old worn trousers, and a jacket many sizes too big for him. On his head there was a battered old hat and his boots were so old and worn; they were almost coming into pieces.
But the man himself looked cheerful as if he had not a   54    in  the world. He rubbed his nose with his forefinger,     55    a  funny turn, laid a small parcel     56    the front gate, and began   57    a  sign made by a former caller. Although the sign was meaningless to me, it must have been    58   , for the tramp’s face lit up with satisfaction. He entered the front gate   59    and rang the bell. When the door opened, I saw him raise his hat   60    couldn’t hear his words. The   61    was very short indeed, for no sooner had he spoken a few words than the door closed fiercely in his face.
I felt   62    for him as he walked sadly out of the house. But just as quickly, his face lit up again and he moved quickly towards the gate. There he stopped, looked at the sign, and shook his head seriously as if he had made a bad mistake.   63    deeply into his pockets, he produced a piece of chalk, rubbed out the existing sign and made a new one in its place. He stared at it for a moment smiling to himself, then gathered his belongings, pushed back his hat and began walking towards the next house at an unhurried   64   , whistling as he went along.

A．employed B．made C．taken D．put up

A．coaches B．classmates C．fellows D．friends

A．share B．save C．give D．urge

A．in a way B．by mistake C．by the way D．by chance

A．success B．care C．failure D．responsibility

A．gave B．launched C．set D．made

A．by B．to C．in D．behind

A．drawing B．kissing C．correcting D．studying

A．sad B．strange C．funny D．exciting

A．confidently B．innocently C．consequently D．consciously

A．and B．but C．however D．therefore

A．conversation B．introduction C．argument D．greeting

A．happy B．frightened C．capable D．sorry

A．Digging B．Stealing C．Putting D．Looking

A．step B．position C．pace D．situation