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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eyes: Queen City Casket Company.
'What is it?' I wondered. I1it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的)2 .
Immediately my mind traveled3many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of4on my
shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always
taken me there to ask his workers5they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the6like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader's office. After a quick glance he7me over
to the fireplace. Noticing the8in the top of my shoe,he said.'Come with me!'
Pulling me into his pick-up9 , he pulled to a stop before a10store. Inside, a salesman fitted me
with the finest pair of Oxfords I had11seen. I12about 100 feet tall when I stood up13them.'We'd
like a pair of new14too.' Mr Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a15, wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With16eyes,
I read, 'Do to others as you would have them do to you.' He said affectionately (深情地), 'Jimmy, I want
you to17I love you.' I said goodbye, and for the first time I sensed a hope that somehow things would
be18 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope,19and love,and that would always make
a20 .
( )1. A. turned
( )2. A. address
( )3. A. forward
( )4. A. letters
( )5. A. if only
( )6. A. dust
( )7. A .led
( )8. A. water
( )9. A. truck
( )10. A. magazine
( )11. A. ever
( )12. A. grew
( )13. A for
( )14. A. socks
( )15. A. pen
( )16. A. tearful
( )17. A. admit
( )18. A. mistake
( )19. A. sadness
( )20. A. deal B. thought
B. list
B. for
B. magazines
B. how
B. sweat
B. followed
B. mud
B. factory
B. shoe
B. already
B. measured
B. in
B. shoes
B. paper
B. unbelievable
B. know
B. wrong
B. kindness
B. fortune C. read
C. message
C. ahead
C. books
C. whether
C. tail
C. watched
C. hole
C. home
C. umbrella
C. never
C. rose
C. on
C. coat
C. card
C. curious
C. consider
C. all right
C. carelessness
C. choice D. passed
D. lesson
D. back
D. cards
D. why
D. rain
D. carried
D. cover
D. store
D. bag
D. hardly
D. felt
D. without
D. gloves
D. notebook
D. puzzled
D. express
D. possible
D. awareness
D. difference