He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady,stranded on the side of the road.He stopped to give her a ____.“Why don’t you wait in the car where it is warm,Madam?It won’t take me long.” he said.“____,my name is Joe.”
She had a flat tire.Joe crawled under the car and changed the tire.But he got dirty and his hands hurt.She couldn’t thank him ___ and asked him how much she ____ him.He told her that if she really wanted to ____ him back,the next time she saw someone in ____ of help,she could give that person the ____ they needed,and Joe added,“And think of me.”
She drove off with gratefulness.A few miles ____ the road the lady saw a small ____.She went in.The waitress who was nearly eight months pregnant,____ her with a sweet smile.The old lady ____ how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could ____ her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions.Then Joe’s words ____ her.After the lady finished her meal,the waitress went to get her ____ from a hundreddollar bill.____,the lady stepped right out the door.
When the waitress came back,she noticed a note on the table,___ “I’m helping you because someone once helped me.If you really want to pay me back,here is ___ you can do—Do not let the chain of love ____ with you.”
The waitress went home that night with the ____ tip and what the lady had written.With the baby ___ next month,she and her husband needed money.She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to her,she whispered,“Everything’s going to be all right.I love you,Joe.”
A.surprise B.hand C.sympathy D.glance
A.Just in case B.As you wish C.For one thing D.By the way
A.enough B.right C.straight D.extra
A.charged B.provided C.owed D.offered
A.pay B.bring C.put D.hold
A.honor B.favor C.need D.possession
A.guidance B.assistance C.acquaintance D.consequence
A.down B.off C.beside D.beyond
A.bank B.grocery C.gas station D.restaurant
A.introduced B.greeted C.identified D.spotted
A.thought B.suspected C.wondered D.questioned
A.taste B.measure C.remain D.maintain
A.struck B.moved C.obtained D.reminded
A.tip B.change C.order D.service
A.Moreover B.Otherwise C.However D.Eventually
A.writing B.showing C.going D.saying
A.how B.which C.what D.whether
A.combine B.end C.disagree D.deal
A.honest B.generous C.modest D.graceful
A.due B.ready C.born D.likely