Once, my father and I were waiting to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there only one family _
us and the counter, who made a big
on me. There were eight children, all probably under 12. You could
they weren’t rich. Their clothes weren’t expensive but
. The children were well-behaved., standing in line behind their parents and
talking about what they would see that night.
One could
they had never been to the circus before. The mother was holding her husband’s hand while the father was smiling in
. The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly
, “Eight for children and two for adults, please.”
The ticket lady told him the price. The man’s wife let go of
hand, her head dropped, and his lip began to tremble. The father leaned a little
and asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady
the price. The man didn’t have enough money.
was he supposed to turn and tell his kids that he didn’t have enough
to take them to the circus? Seeing this, my father put his hand in his pocket,
a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then my father _
down, picked up the bill and said the man, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was going on. He wasn’t begging for it but certainly
the timely help in such an
situation. He took my father’s
in both of his, squeezed(緊捏) tightly onto the
, and with a rear running down his cheek, he replied, “Thank you, sir. This really
_
a lot to me and my family.”
小題1: | A.before | B.between | C.behind | D.besides |
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小題2: | A.difference | B.effort | C.impression | D.suggestion |
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小題3: | A.tell | B.a(chǎn)gree | C.believe | D.suppose |
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小題4: | A.clean | B.shabby | C.simple | D.common |
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小題5: | A.disappointedly | B.bitterly | C.excitedly | D.carelessly |
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小題6: | A.sense | B.expect | C.doubt | D.Recognize |
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小題7: | A.surprise | B.turn | C.silence | D.pride |
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小題8: | A.laughed | B.a(chǎn)nnounced | C.commented | D.responded |
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小題10: | A.backwards | B.a(chǎn)way | C.closer | D.farther |
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小題11: | A.refused | B.recited | C.reduced | D.repeated |
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小題13: | A.time | B.money | C.chance | D.courage |
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小題14: | A.pulled out | B.pulled up | C.picked out | D.picked up |
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小題15: | A.jumped | B.lay | C.knocked | D.reached |
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小題16: | A.a(chǎn)ppreciated | B.a(chǎn)dmired | C.rejected | D.offered |
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小題17: | A.interesting | B.embarrassing | C.enjoyable | D.unbelievable |
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小題18: | A.pocket | B.wallet | C.a(chǎn)rm | D.hand |
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小題19: | A.ticket | B.bill | C.pound | D.paper |
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小題20: | A.pays | B.costs | C.means | D.gives |
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