On a very cold evening, an old man was trembling with his nearly icy hair and beard beside a river. Anxiously, he was waiting for a       across the river. The wait seemed        . The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
      , he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by, and then another, till the last rider came near the old man.The old man caught the rider’s       and said, “Sir, would you          giving me a ride to the other side?”
       his horse，the rider replied，“Of course not．”But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost           . He could not get         the ground．The horseman helped the old man onto his horse．He took the old man not just across the river,      to the old man’s home.
As they       the old man’s house, the horseman asked，“Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I      and you asked me for a ride at once. Why?         I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man stared at the rider straight in the eyes, and said, “I looked         the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t     .It would be        even asking them for a ride.But in your eyes，I saw       . I knew that you would help me．”
The words         the rider deeply．“Thank you for what you’ve said，”he told the man．“I hope I will never leave others 28 because I’m too busy, and every citizen does        in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson，the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his          back to the White House.

A．trip B．ride C．help D．drive

A．cruel B．boring C．unfortunate D．endless

A．Gradually B．Finally C．Sadly D．Surprisingly

A．eye B．hand C．back D．face

A．like B．think C．please D．mind

A．Riding B．Speeding C．Stopping D．Leaving

A．stuck B．Shocked C．frozen D．injured

A．on B．down C．in D．off

A．and B．but C．so D．then

A．neared B．visited C．arrived D．left

A．came in B．came on C．came up D．came out

A．Even if B．What if C．As if D．Only if

A．out B．for C．into D．up

A．wait B．try C．ask D．care

A．Useless B．risky C．dangerous D．foolish

A．loyalty B．generosity C．ambition D．kindness

A．attracted B．comforted C．touched D．pleased

A．alone B．out C．away D．behind

A．live B．believe C．count D．help

A．living B．choice C．mind D．way