You Did More Than Carry My Books
Mark was waking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark    down and helped the boy pick up these articles. ____ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark _____ the boy’s name was Bill, that he __   __computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of __       with his other subjects and that he had just broken    with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was_  in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed  __  with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They ___  to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before    , Bill asked Mark if they    talk.
Bill __  him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you  __wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day ?” asked Bill. “You see, I ___  out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess __  anyone else. I had panned to run away and I was going home to   my things. But after we spent some time together __   and laughing, I realized that ____I had done that, I would have       a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together.
So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day you did a lot more. You _  _my life.”

A．fell B．sat C．lay D．knelt

A．Although B．Since C．After D．until

A．discovered B．realized C．said D．decided

A．played B．loved C．tried D．made

A．questions B．ideas C．trouble D．doubt

A．up B．out C．off D．away

A．called B．helped C．invited D．allowed

A．peacefully B．willingly C．freely D．pleasantly

A．continued B．agreed C．forced D．offered

A．graduation B．movement C．separation D．vacation

A．would B．should C．could D．must

A．demanded B．reminded C．removed D．asked

A．ever B．usually C．even D．never

A．checked B．took C．cleared D．put

A．over B．into C．with D．for

A．find B．pick C．pack D．hold

A．talking B．playing C．reading D．watching

A．before B．if C．while D．as

A．forgotten B．passed C．left D．lost

A．helped B．recovered C．improved D．changed