The summer of 1975 I’d just graduated from college in Southern California and received a Ford Car for a
36 present. I had my first job, in Los Angeles. One Sunday night, thinking myself a very
37 gown-up, I
38 my uncle’s place in South Laguna after a visit,
39 admitting to him that I had less than an eighth of a tank of gas and no
40 to buy more on the way to L.A. I pulled onto the Pacific Coast Highway and watched the
41 move down as I headed north. When the engine started giving off strong smells, I
42 into a gas station. There was no self-serve then; there were no credit cards, no ATMs.
I
43 the guy at the station. I could write him a check for gas, I said, or I could
44 in my car and try to walk to a town with a 45 the next morning. As he was informing me that I could sleep in my car but he’d have me arrested, a station wagon pulled up to the next
46 . The driver—a thin, plain, middle-aged guy—overheard the tail end of my
47 request. As the attendant went to
48 him, he nodded at me. “
49 her tank first,” he said.
“Really?” I said.
50 bloomed. “Oh, thank you. Thank you. But please. I just need two
51 worth. I just need to get home.”
“Fill it,” he
52 to the attendant. Then he turned to me, “You’ll do the same one day, for someone else.”
I keep looking for someone unlucky, hoping to save her
53 on the road. Meanwhile, in case she never shows up, I try for other acts of
54 kindness. That quiet driver is always at the pump a few feet away, instructing the attendant to fill mine
55 .
| 小题1: | | A．graduation | B．birthday | C．Christmas | D．wedding |
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| 小题2: | | A．independent | B．honest | C．polite | D．confident |
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| 小题3: | | A．reached | B．left | C．witnessed | D．took |
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| 小题5: | | A．time | B．chance | C．place | D．cash |
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| 小题6: | | A．sun | B．window | C．needle | D．clock |
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| 小题7: | | A．jumped | B．walked | C．looked | D．pulled |
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| 小题8: | | A．seized | B．pushed | C．begged | D．warned |
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| 小题9: | | A．sit | B．sleep | C．break | D．fight |
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| 小题10: | | A．bank | B．station | C．hotel | D．restaurant |
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| 小题11: | | A．door | B．garage | C．pump | D．town |
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| 小题12: | | A．planned | B．failed | C．pretended | D．suggested |
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| 小题13: | | A．serve | B．attack | C．charge | D．treat |
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| 小题14: | | A．Open | B．Start | C．Fill | D．Heat |
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| 小题15: | | A．Anxiety | B．Nervousness | C．Caution | D．Hope |
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| 小题16: | | A．miles’ | B．hours’ | C．liters’ | D．dollars’ |
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| 小题17: | | A．explained | B．repeated | C．threatened | D．ordered |
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| 小题19: | | A．unwilling | B．unnecessary | C．random | D．extra |
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| 小题20: | | A．immediately | B．quickly | C．next | D．first5 |
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