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Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and
Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a  1  on the front door of our house. A young
man, wet from   2  to toe, explained that he had  3  out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his
pregnant (怀孕的)wife and his two children  4  at the car and said that he would hitchhike (搭便车) back.
Once I had  5  a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old
children were both  6  , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he  7  me
back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater  8  in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and
  9   . While the little ones played and ran 10  , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate
for the 11  .
It was about 5 a. m. before they 12  . The young fellow asked me how much he  13  me and I told him
that the petrol pump (加油泵) had  14  $ 15. He offered to pay "call-out fee", but I wouldn't accept it.
About a month later, I received a 15 from interstate, a large bus company that we bad been trying to 16 
to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time, It 17  out that the young fellow I had helped was its general
manager, the most 18 person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and  19  me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service
station, In this 20 ,  a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

(     )1. A. kick     (     )2. A. finger   (     )3. A. driven   (     )4. A. away     (     )5. A. supplied  (     )6. A. sleeping  (     )7. A. allow   (     )8. A. on       (     )9. A. heat     (     )10. A. around  (     )11. A. drivers  (     )12. A. left   (     )13. A. gave   (     )14. A. appeared (     )15. A. call   (     )16. A. get     (     )17. A. pointed  (     )18. A. generous (     )19. A. praised  (     )20. A. lesson

B. hit          B. shoulder      B. used          B. behind        B. poured        B. crying        B. ring          B. off          B. hot          B. inside        B. guests        B. arrived      B. paid         B. exhibited     B. letter        B. force         B. turned       B. successful    B. persuaded     B. business

C. beat            C. head            C. come            C. over            C. equipped        C. quarrelling    C. lead            C. in              C. warm          C. nearby          C. customers        C. ate          C. owed              C. calculated    C. check          C. require        C. worked          C. serious          C. informed      C. aspect

D. knock              D. hand               D. run                D. out               D. filled              D. fighting         D. follow             D. over               D. attractive       D. along             D. adults            D. disappeared       D. offered           D. shown             D. notice            D. hope              D. found             D. powerful          D. convinced           D. case

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