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I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after graduation.I had been there before my mother
became a minister. Two weeks later, I told my mother I was bored.She said, "Here're the car keys.
Go and buy some fruit."__1__, I jumped into the car and speeded off.
Seeing me or rather my __2__, a boy sprang up(跳起来),__3__ to sell his bananas and peanuts."
Banana 300 naira.Peanut 200 naira!" Looking at his blackstriped bananas, I __4__ to 200 total for
the fruit and nuts.He __5__.I handed him a 500 naira note.He didn't have __6__, so I told him not to
worry.He was __7__ and smiled a row of perfect teeth.
When, two weeks later, I __8__ this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society.
I should __9__ this country as the son of a __10__.But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it
was so __11__ to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.
"What's up?" I asked.He answered in __12__ English, "I…I no get money to buy book." I took out
two 500 naira notes.He looked around __13__ before sticking his hand into the car __14__ the bills.
One thousand naira means a lot to a family that __15__ only 50,000 each year.
The next morning, security officers told me, "In this place, when you give a little, people think you're a
fountain of opportunity(机会)．"__16__ it's right, but this happens everywhere in the world.I wondered
if my little friend had actually used the money for __17__.After six months' work in northern Nigeria, I
returned and saw him again standing on the road. "Are you in school now?" He nodded.A silence fell as
we looked at each other, then I __18__ what he wanted.I held out a 500 naira note."Take this."  He
shook his head fiercely and stepped back __19__ hurt. "It's a gift," I said.Shaking his head again, he
handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts."I've been waiting to __20__ these to you."
(     )1.A.Encouraged
(     )2.A.car
(     )3.A.willing
(     )4.A.got down
(     )5.A.explained
(     )6.A.change
(     )7.A.troubled
(     )8.A.ran after
(     )9.A.protect
(     )10.A.minister
(     )11.A.lucky
(     )12.A.old
(     )13.A.proudly
(     )14.A.for
(     )15.A.spends
(     )16.A.Possibly
(     )17.A.joys
(     )18.A.asked
(     )19.A.when
(     )20.A.send

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