完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 a41on the front door of our house.A young man,wet from42to toe,explained that he had43out of petrol about 30 km up the road.He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children44at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.
Once I had45a can with petrol,I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both46,saying that they were cold.Once the car had started,I suggested that he47me back.
Before leaving,I had turned the heater48in the roadhouse,so that when we went in,it was nice and49.While the little ones played and ran50,I prepared bread and butter for the children,and hot chocolate for the51.
It was about 5 a.m. before they52.The young fellow asked me how much he53
me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had54$15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”,but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later,I received a55from Interstate,a large bus company that we bad been trying to56to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time.It57out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager,the most58person in the company.
In his letter,he thanked me again and59me that,from then on,all their buses would stop at my service station.In this60,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
41.A.kick B.hit C.beat D.knock
42.A.finger B.shoulder C.head D.hand
43.A.driven B.used C.come D.run
44.A.away B.behind C.over D.out
45.A.supplied B.poured C.equipped D.filled
46.A.sleeping B.crying C.quarrelling D.fighting
47.A.allow B.ring C.lead D.follow
48.A.on B.off C.in D.over
49.A.neat B.hot C.warm D.attractive
50.A.around B.inside C.nearby D.along
51.A.drivers B.guests C.customers D.s
52.A.left B.arrived C.ate D.disappeared
53.A.gave B.paid C.owed D.offered
54.A.appeared B.exhibited C.calculated D.shown
55.A.call B.letter C.check D.notice
56.A.get B.force C.require D.hope
57.A.pointed B.turned C.worked D.found
58.A.generous B.successful C.serious D.powerful
59.A.praised B.persuaded C.informed D.convinced
60.A.lesson B.business C.aspect D.case