文章大意:本文为记叙文。在学生时代我家里经济拮据。当我到数百千米外上学时,叔叔给我一个装着钱的信封,正如二十多年前爷爷送给叔叔钱一样。后来我也用钱帮助了另外一个穷孩子,希望将来他也能将爱继续传递下去。
Grandpa’s Investment Pays Off
When I was a student, my family went through a few rough financial years. We got by, but only with much effort and many _______.
I had a pick-up truck that was _______ breaking down and the thought of the 600 km drive to school in it was a(n) _______ one. As I drove away from home one day, my uncle walked up. I stopped and he _______ something onto my dashboard (仪表板).
He leaned against the window, speaking _______. “Years ago,” he said, “when I was a _______ student myself your grandfather once did this to me. I _______ one day I would return the _______. And now I have.”
Then he _______ without looking back, and I ________ he did so in order to hide his emotions.
A few miles later I opened the ________. It contained a few bank notes. It was a gift ________ more than twenty years later to a second generation; it is almost like a full circle, ________ I’m the only one who bears my grandfathers name. The amount (金额) was not large. Twenty years ago it had been ________ to buy a full trolley of groceries, or a few tanks of fuel. At this moment it was just a(n) ________, something to express his good intentions. But my uncle was jobless at the time and I almost had no money. Therefore, for both of us, it was a ________ amount.
I paid it forward some years later to another poor boy with an old car, ________ the amount for inflation (通货膨胀). As far as I can remember that boy has been the only one I’ve told this ________ to — until now.
I can only ________ that one day he will pay it forward too.
I couldn’t help but feel that Grandpa made a good ________ all those years ago.
64. A.worries | B.satisfaction | C.exchanges | D.preparations |
65. A.still | B.forever | C.never | D.ever |
66. A.interesting | B.tiring | C.hopeless | D.worrying |
67. A.knocked | B.threw | C.moved | D.lifted |
68. A.softly | B.angrily | C.quickly | D.suddenly |
69. A.smart | B.poor | C.hard-working | D.naughty |
70. A.imagined | B.promised | C.required | D.noticed |
71. 72. A.walked up | B.walked out | C.walked on | D.walked away |
73. A.sensed | B.decided | C.desired | D.admitted |
74. A.door | B.window | C.envelope | D.letter |
75. A.received | B.awarded | C.presented | D.returned |
76. A.if | B.because | C.when | D.though |
77. A.frequent | B.enough | C.grateful | D.useful |
78. A.tip | B.fortune | C.gesture | D.image |
79. A.regular | B.large | C.meaningful | D.generous |
80. A.increasing | B.charging | C.decreasing | D.replacing |
81. A.view | B.event | C.story | D.concern |
82. A.hope | B.agree | C.realize | D.request |
83. A.choice | B.investment | C.plan | D.decision |