Question

We rented our upstairs rooms to the out-of-town patients of Johns Hopkins Hospital. One evening, a bad-looking man, who was even shorter than my 8-year-old son, knocked at the door;1, his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good2. I come to see if you’ve a room. I came for (a)3this morning from the eastern shore”.
He told me he’d been4a room since noon but with no5; no one seemed to have one. “I guess it’s my6face…” I know why they7him away! It was clear that they would8roomers by putting up such people. For a moment, I9, but his next words convinced me, “I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch(門廊). My10leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch.
He told me he fished for a living to11his daughter, her five children and her husband, who was12in a terrible accident so that he couldn’t work. He didn’t tell it by way of13; in fact, he was grateful that no pain14his disease, which was apparently a form of skin cancer. He thanked God for giving him the15to keep going. The next morning, the bed linen was16folded and the little man thanked me and waited for his bus.
Three months later when I almost17the man, we received packages in the18, with fish and oysters in it and a note19, “Thank you for having kept my father a night. He just20because of skin cancer. Before his death, he asked me to post these as gifts. Thank you again, sir.” All this happened long ago — and now, I imagined, in God’s garden, how tall this lovely soul must stand.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      otherwise
   2. B.
      though
   3. C.
      however
   4. D.
      unless
2. 2.
   1. A.
      luck
   2. B.
      evening
   3. C.
      job
   4. D.
      morning
3. 3.
   1. A.
      treatment
   2. B.
      travel
   3. C.
      meeting
   4. D.
      prayer
4. 4.
   1. A.
      dealing with
   2. B.
      dreaming of
   3. C.
      hunting for
   4. D.
      living with
5. 5.
   1. A.
      money
   2. B.
      patience
   3. C.
      success
   4. D.
      help
6. 6.
   1. A.
      serious
   2. B.
      terrible
   3. C.
      happy
   4. D.
      long
7. 7.
   1. A.
      took
   2. B.
      sent
   3. C.
      drove
   4. D.
      turned
8. 8.
   1. A.
      lose
   2. B.
      discourage
   3. C.
      impress
   4. D.
      attract
9. 9.
   1. A.
      doubted
   2. B.
      believed
   3. C.
      wondered
   4. D.
      hesitated
10. 10.
    1. A.
       doctor
    2. B.
       bus
    3. C.
       daughter
    4. D.
       graduation
11. 11.
    1. A.
       educate
    2. B.
       support
    3. C.
       encourage
    4. D.
       protect
12. 12.
    1. A.
       unfriendly
    2. B.
       ugly
    3. C.
       sad
    4. D.
       disabled
13. 13.
    1. A.
       complaint
    2. B.
       inspiration
    3. C.
       humor
    4. D.
       joke
14. 14.
    1. A.
       removed
    2. B.
       accompanied
    3. C.
       avoided
    4. D.
       suffered
15. 15.
    1. A.
       fantasy
    2. B.
       time
    3. C.
       disease
    4. D.
       strength
16. 16.
    1. A.
       formally
    2. B.
       expectedly
    3. C.
       neatly
    4. D.
       messily
17. 17.
    1. A.
       forgot
    2. B.
       missed
    3. C.
       called
    4. D.
       forgave
18. 18.
    1. A.
       hospital
    2. B.
       envelope
    3. C.
       air
    4. D.
       mail
19. 19.
    1. A.
       reading
    2. B.
       writing
    3. C.
       speaking
    4. D.
       drawing
20. 20.
    1. A.
       gave up
    2. B.
       stayed out
    3. C.
       passed away
    4. D.
       lay down

Answer 1

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