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Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus (马戏团).
This is about the family standing ahead of us.
The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but
1 .
The children were well behaved. They stood in line, two by two behind their parents, holding hands.
They were excitedly talking about the clowns (小丑), elephants and other acts they would see that night.
You could
2 that they had never been to the circus before.
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He
3 replied, "I want eight children's tickets
and two adult tickets please, so I can take my
4 to the circus."
The ticket lady quoted (报) the price. The man's wife let go of his hand. The man's lip started to quiver
(颤抖).He leaned (靠) toward
5 and asked again, "How much did you say?" The ticket lady quoted the price
again. The man didn't have
6 money. How was he supposed to tum and tell his eight kids that he couldn't
take them to the circus?
My dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and
7 it on the ground. (And we weren't rich!)
Then he
8 down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, ''Excuse me, sir, this
9 out of
your pocket."
The man knew
10 was going on. He looked into my dad's eyes, held my dad's hand in his, and took the
$20 bill. With a tear in his eye, he replied,"Thank you, thank you, sir. This really
11 a lot to me and my
family."
My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn't get to see the circus that night, but we
didn't
12 .
( )1. A. clean
( )2. A. find
( )3. A. suddenly
( )4. A. wife
( )5. A. her
( )6. A. much
( )7. A. missed
( )8. A. got
( )9. A. moved
( )10. A. what
( )11. A. takes
( )12. A. worry |
B. large
B. agree
B. proudly
B. children
B. him
B. any
B. lost
B. reached
B. broke
B. how
B. costs
B. care |
C. thick
C. tell
C. safely
C. team
C. them
C. enough
C. passed
C. went
C. fell
C. when
C. owns
C. know |
D. warm
D. decide
D. quietly
D. family
D. us
D. some
D. dropped
D. looked
D. took
D. who
D. means
D. show |