On June 23, 1970, I had just left the Army after completing my oneyear duty in Vietnam. I was on __1__returning home in Texas. I had been warned about the __2__of our fellow countrymen. There was no __3__ welcome for us when we came home from that unpopular war.
I sat, in uniform, in a window seat，__4__eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting next to me, which added to my __5__. A little girl suddenly appeared in the passage. She __6__ and, without saying a word，__7__handed me a magazine. I accepted her __8__， her quiet “welcome home.” All I could say was, “Thank you.” Her small gesture of __9__was the first I had experienced in a long time.
I always believe in the connection between __10__ when they reach out to one another.
That girl __11__ has no memory of what happened years ago. She might have been told to do that by her mother. It doesn't __12__ why she gave me the magazine. The __13__ thing is what she did.
Since then, I have followed her example and tried in different ways for different people, to do the __14__ for them. Like me on that plane ride long ago, they will __15__ know why a stranger gave a hand. But I absolutely know that my __16__ since then are all because of that little girl. Her kindness of offering a magazine to a __17__， scared and lonely soldier has been __18__ throughout my life. I have to believe that my small __19__ have the same effect on others. And to that little girl, now a __20__， I would like to say again: thank you.
语篇解读：作者在越南服役一年后回到美国。在回国的飞机上，他感到孤独冷落。一个小女孩给作者送去了一本杂志，并对他说“欢迎回家”，这件事情让作者颇为感激。从那时起，作者以小女孩为榜样，以不同的方式为身边不同的人带去温暖和友善。
1．A.bus B．train
C．plane D．boat
解析：选C 根据常识可知从越南回到美国的Texas应该会坐飞机(plane)。下文“on that plane”亦是提示。
2．A.stories B．difficulties
C．unfriendliness D．enthusiasm
解析：选C 根据下句“when we came home from that unpopular war”可知，“我”曾被警告过我们同胞的不友好(unfriendliness)。
3．A.hometown B．school
C．country D．classroom
解析：选A 根据“when we came home from that unpopular war”可知，家乡(hometown)不欢迎我们。
4．A.seeking B．noticing
C．keeping D．avoiding
解析：选D 根据上文的背景可知，“我”穿着制服，坐在靠窗的座位上，避免(avoid)目光和其他乘客接触。
5．A.pride B．loneliness
C．anger D．excitement
解析：选B 没人坐在作者身边，更加增加了作者的孤独(loneliness)。下文“lonely soldier”亦是提示。
6．A.smiled B．listened
C．turned D．bent
解析：选A 一个小女孩突然出现在通道，她微笑(smiled)着，一句话也没说，递给“我”一本杂志。
7．A.naturally B．proudly
C．shyly D．worriedly
解析：选C 根据上文她微笑着，一句话也没说可知，女孩是有些害羞地(shyly)递给“我”一本杂志。
8．A.offer B．donation
C．accompany D．contact
解析：选A 作者接受小女孩的杂志，和女孩小声说的“欢迎回家”。小女孩是主动递给作者杂志的，故选offer符合语境。donation“捐赠”；accompany“陪伴”；contact“联系，接触”。
9．A.invitation B．sympathy
C．agreement D．inspiration
解析：选B 根据上文“No one was sitting next to me”可知，作者长时间没有体会过别人的这份体恤和同情(sympathy)。
10．A.soldiers B．strangers
C．families D．girls
解析：选B 根据上下文可知，作者与这个女孩之间并不认识，是陌生人(stranger)的关系。
11．A.similarly B．finally
C．immediately D．undoubtedly
解析：选D 上文可知，作者参加了一次不得人心的战争，回来的飞机上大家对他都有偏见，这个女孩却对他颇为友好，可见作者认为女孩无疑(undoubtedly)对几年前发生的(关于战争的)事情没有记忆。
12．A.mean B．operate
C．matter D．comment
解析：选C 她给“我”杂志的原因并不重要。it doesn't matter ...意为“……没有关系/不太重要”。
13．A.memorable B．satisfactory
C．important D．valuable
解析：选C 重要的是她所做的，她给了作者一份友善和同情。
14．A.same B．other
C．one D．only
解析：选A 从那时起，“我”以她为榜样，以不同的方式对待不同的人，像那个女孩一样对待他们，do the same这里指的是像女孩一样对身边的人友好。
15．A.always B．never
C．happily D．obviously
解析：选B 就像自己当年在飞机上一样，他们永远不会(never)知道为什么一个陌生人会伸出援助之手。
16．A.feelings B．ideas
C．models D．attempts
解析：选D 但“我”绝对知道，“我”这样努力尝试(attempt)都是因为那个小女孩。
17．A.busy B．young
C．excited D．tired
解析：选D 飞机上作者那时候的情况是一个疲惫(tired)、恐惧和孤独的人。
18．A.accepted B．spread
C．honored D．neglected
解析：选B 根据上文作者也要这样做可知，在作者看来，小女孩对他的这份善举在他的生活中蔓延开来，传播下去，故选spread。
19．A.actions B．benefits
C．measures D．sacrifices
解析：选A 作者相信，自己的小小行为(actions)对别人也有同样的效果。
20．A.stranger B．wife
C．mother D．woman
解析：选D 这么多年过去了，当年的小女孩应该现在是一个女士(woman)，作者要对她再说一次谢谢。
