-Don't hesitate to buy the dress if you like the design and pattern.
-No, I won't, ________ the price is reasonable.

A．had been overlooked
B．would have been overlooked
C．have been overlooking
D．would have overlooked

     One day I pulled up to my apartment building and noticed there was a father and daughter
__1__ some things from a moving truck. Normally I'm shy away from contact with __2__.
That particular day, though, something was in me; I can't explain __3__, but I felt like I should
 just help these people, even __4__ something as seemingly unimportant as unloading a truck.
So I __5__ and introduced myself, welcomed them to the town, and asked them to give me
a(n) __6__ to put some proper shoes on. After I had flipflops(夹趾拖鞋)on, I went over and
helped them move all of their __7__ into the apartment.
     After we finished, we talked some and I got to know my new __8__. It might seem unimportant,
but it seems like people are less __9__ and friendly to their neighbors these days; I wanted to
__10__ that, at least in my small __11__ block. So we did talk,and they're from Florida, just
like me.
     At that __12__ time in my life, I was going through a really difficult __13__ with my girlfriend
of 7 years. I didn't feel like helping anyone or doing anything __14__, but I figured why not?And
I'm glad I did. Also, as __15__ would have it, their daughter is my age(college student)and we
each had a mutual(相互的)__16__in one another. This developed into a friendship, and in the
coming months, probably more.
     The __17__ was the act itself, though. I got to know my new neighbors and made some new
friends in the __18__. And I felt really good about it. Since then, I've tried __19__ my comfort
zone to perform other unplanned acts of __20__. So far, so good.I'd encourage everyone else
to do the same!

     Anthony Horowitz was miserable (痛苦的) as a child.He was, as he puts it, "not very bright"
and couldn't win the attention of his very wealthy parents, who preferred his "clever" older brother
.At age 8, Horowitz was sent away to an abusive (虐待的) boarding school in his native England,
even though he screamed and pleaded (恳求) with his parents year after year not to send him."The
thought was, 'It'll be good for him' ," Horowitz recalls (回忆)．
     It was not.Horowitz did badly in his studies, had few friends and was bullied (欺负) for five
years."My teachers couldn't have had a lower opinion of me," he said."I wasn't even smart enough
to rebel (反抗)．One thing I remember from the very earliest age was this desire to write.When
I was 10 years old, I remember asking my parents to get me a typewriter for my birthday because
I wanted to be a writer."
     Now, at 55, Horowitz is one of the world's most successful children's book authors.His Alex
Rider series has sold more than 5 million copies, and the eighth book featuring the young spy,
Crocodile Tears, came out this month.
     The Alex Rider books tell the adventures of 14yearold Alex Rider, an agent for the British
intelligence agency MI6.
     Horowitz said he doesn't try to write for kids; it just comes out that way."I have a feeling it's
to do with purity and simplicity.I give as little information as is necessary to describe the room,
the character in the room, and get on with the action," he said.
     That style has also made Horowitz a successful writer of television shows for adults in Britain
because, he says, writing books for kids is a lot like writing television for grownups.In both cases,
it's all about entertaining people with a good story.
     Now, Horowitz couldn't be happier with his life.He sums up his success: "…you can be anything
you want to be if you just believe in yourself.I do believe it completely."