阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A homeless man walked up to me and asked me for some small change, “ I’ll give you a quarter if you tell me your story,” I said. He laughed, “You’ll give me a quarter for my story?’ I laid the            in front of him and     4    myself —“No, here’s the quarter but it would be nice to hear your story.” Seeing him lost in          , I sat down next to him and           .
“ I was once a sniper（狙击兵）in the army.” he said. “ I was            to shoot down the enemy from the distance.” I listened attentively. He told me how he            to hunt with his family. He had his own way of            animals by not killing more than be needed. When the     48     came knocking on his door, he felt            and joined up. All those years of developing his hunting skills could now serve a larger            —to defend us from the bad guys. He set out to            at the front .
“  I was a sniper but I never really killed anyone.” he continued. “One day they asked me to              a lady from the distance. I saw the kids near her and my hands were on the trigger（扳机）. But I couldn’t           it. She wasn’t doing anything to anyone and she was            the kids.
The story went on as he described            being put into prison for 180 days for           to follow orders. “ I have no           ,” he said. “ I may be homeless now,         I never killed that lady.” He continued, “ I can            being homeless, but I wouldn’t be able to stand killing innocent people.”
I met a hero. It just never          to me that a hero could be a smelly old sniper.

A．note B．coin C．dollar D．wallet

A．blamed B．reminded C．corrected D．added

A．argument B．action C．consideration D．thought

A．whispered B．nodded C．sighed D．waited

A．demanded B．supposed C．reminded D．determined

A．desired B．wished C．failed D．used

A．tracking B．raising C．training D．respecting

A．army B．minister C．commander D．company

A．annoyed B．proud C．astonished D．confused

A．group B．business C．purpose D．result

A．serve B．hunt C．aim D．survive

A．murder B．fight C．shoot D．arrest

A．remain B．fire C．make D．decide

A．besides B．along C．inside D．among

A．gradually B．eventually C．deliberately D．desperately

A．managing B．failing C．hesitating D．forgetting

A．ideas B．attempts C．regrets D．feelings

A．however B．otherwise C．but D．unless

A．work out B．meet with C．live with D．get through

A．happened B．seemed C．struck D．occurred