阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter. I decided to
16 the rain to get my car. which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends
17 that I shouldn't go,
18 I was seven months
pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I'd be very
19 . One of them wanted to come with me but I
20 that she should stay with another friend who needed
21 with her baby.
I walked out of the hotel and started making my
22 to the car. At the traffic
junction (交叉路口), a car
23 and the passenger got off with an umbrella.
24 I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he'd accompany me to my
25 . I was very embarrassed and
26 , but he was very
persistent (坚持的).
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk
27 , as the ground was wet. When we got to the car park. I thanked him and we
28 . I did not get his name and may not even
29 him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know.
So how did I pay it
30 ? I was at home when I
31 two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction site near my home, which was a long walk. I went out and
32 them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were
33 by my gesture, and I told them they should take the umbrella and keep it. They were very
34 and like me, probably wondered why a stranger was
35 such kindness.
| 小题1: | | A．carry | B．keep | C．brave | D．collect |
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| 小题2: | | A．guessed | B．argued | C．complained | D．promised |
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| 小题3: | | A．because | B．though | C．unless | D．if |
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| 小题4: | | A．cheerful | B．hopeful | C．careful | D．regretful |
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| 小题5: | | A．learned | B．insisted | C．begged | D．worried |
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| 小题6: | | A．help | B．advice | C．food | D．shelter |
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| 小题7: | | A．call | B．change | C．way | D．choice |
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| 小题8: | | A．disappeared | B．left | C．started | D．stopped |
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| 小题9: | | A．Before | B．Since | C．When | D．For |
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| 小题10: | | A．home | B．station | C．hotel | D．destination |
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| 小题11: | | A．agreed | B．declined | C．smiled | D．cried |
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| 小题12: | | A．slowly | B．quickly | C．heavily | D．gracefully |
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| 小题13: | | A．waited | B．ran | C．parted | D．rested |
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| 小题14: | | A．like | B．spot | C．thank | D．recognize |
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| 小题15: | | A．up | B．off | C．forward | D．out |
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| 小题16: | | A．noticed | B．imagined | C．invited | D．heard |
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| 小题17: | | A．made | B．passed | C．bought | D．sold |
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| 小题18: | | A．disturbed | B．impressed | C．encouraged | D．surprised |
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| 小题19: | | A．scared | B．grateful | C．sad | D．anxious |
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| 小题20: | | A．appreciating | B．repaying | C．accepting | D．offering |
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