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It's a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes, and candies. The young man behind the
counter knows his  1  by name and what they normally want to buy. He treats children and adults with
equal  2  . He reads science fiction behind the counter when business is  3  .
One day, three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could,  4  not
intending to pay for it. He hit the "panic button" , then went over the counter and   5  the front door.
It was obvious that they were homeless, and  equally obvious that they weren't going  6  with their
illgotten gains. They  7  the food and simply crowded together in panic-knowing the police were  8 
the way.
Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn't have to steal if they were that  9  . "We have food in the back, expired (到期)but still  10  to eat. If you need food, you  11  have
some."
They were told to  12  what they had dropped and put it back, and then asked to straighten out the
mess. They were doing just that  13  the police arrived. The officers were told the situation was under
control and the police were no longer  14  .
This wasn't what they had  15  . They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong
they'd done. Shocked, they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up.
Soon three  16  people walked out with all the  17  their arms could hold. They were  18  that,
if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab.
And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in. He would be the  19 
person in the world to claim he was a hero. But he gave three people something they were in desperate
need of-a  20  amount of selfrespect and a little bit of hope.

(     )1. A. friends   (     )2. A. respect   (     )3. A. slow       (     )4. A. bravely   (     )5. A. opened     (     )6. A. nowhere   (     )7. A. hid        (     )8. A. in         (     )9. A. anxious   (     )10. A. safe       (     )11. A. must     (     )12. A. hold up   (     )13. A. when      (     )14. A. popular   (     )15. A. wanted     (     )16. A. dirtier   (     )17. A. money     (     )18. A. reminded   (     )19. A. first     (     )20. A. large

B. neighbors   B. pride         B. busy         B. reasonably   B. locked       B. somewhere     B. lifted       B. on           B. cautious     B. easy         B. can           B. hand out     B. after         B. necessary     B. desired       B. cleaner       B. cigarettes   B. warned       B. last         B. fair

C. customers     C. wisdom        C. heavy         C. hardly       C. closed       C. anywhere     C. swallowed     C. off           C. courageous   C. sweet         C. should       C. pick up       C. before       C. reliable     C. expected     C. cleverer      C. drinks       C. ordered       C. best         C. small

D. passengers       D. privilege       D. swift           D. obviously       D. broke           D. everywhere       D. dropped         D. by               D. hungry           D. unique           D. need             D. hand in         D. since           D. important       D. admired         D. quicker         D. food             D. persuaded       D. worst           D. full

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