That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother       me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning,  ______,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ______, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ______ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I ______ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ______ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ______ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ______ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ______my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ______ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ______would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed______ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ______ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ______ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of______ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ______the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ______, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ______ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a _____if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt _____ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.

A．forces B．allows C．causes D．forbids

A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．besides

A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school D．market

A．interesting B．surprising C．awful D．useful

A．noticed B．recognized C．called D．assisted

A．back B．handle C．wheel D．seat

A．searched B．left C．moved D．wandered

A．stopped B．started C．intended D．finished

A．crossed B．slipped C．disturbed D．inspired

A．attractive B．shiny C．simple D．expensive

A．repairmen B．businessmen C．drivers D．cyclists

A．busy B．content C．careful D．bored

A．waving B．looking C．laughing D．pointing

A．about B．for C．with D．like

A．worry B．respect C．sympathy D．pride

A．cleaning B．fixing C．replacing D．covering

A．still B．yet C．again D．soon

A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．fact

A．business B．living C．success D．right

A．tired B．doubtful C．fearful D．ashamed