3 . That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother_______me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, _________,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the _________, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something _________ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I _________ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its _________ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He _________ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already _________ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts _________my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) __________ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern __________would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed__________ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, __________ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then __________ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of__________ in the way he seemed to be doing things— __________the windscreen, then standing back to admire it; scrubbing the wheels and __________, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a __________ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a __________if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ________ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
1. A.forces | B.allows | C.causes | D.forbids |
2. A.otherwise | B.therefore | C.however | D.besides |
3. A.parking lot | B.bus stop | C.school | D.market |
4. A.interesting | B.surprising | C.awful | D.useful |
5. A.noticed | B.recognized | C.called | D.assisted |
6. A.back | B.handle | C.wheel | D.seat |
7. A.searched | B.left | C.moved | D.wandered |
8. A.stopped | B.started | C.intended | D.finished |
9. A.crossed | B.slipped | C.disturbed | D.inspired |
10. A.attractive | B.shiny | C.simple | D.expensive |
11. A.repairmen | B.businessmen | C.drivers | D.cyclists |
12. A.busy | B.content | C.careful | D.bored |
13. A.waving | B.looking | C.laughing | D.pointing |
14. 15. A.worry | B.respect | C.sympathy | D.pride |
16. A.cleaning | B.fixing | C.replacing | D.covering |
17. A.still | B.yet | C.again | D.soon |
18. A.lesson | B.subject | C.skill | D.fact |
19. A.business | B.living | C.success | D.right |
20. A.tired | B.doubtful | C.fearful | D.ashamed |