It was many years ago.I was a __1__ father on my way home to my wife and baby boy after spending all day __2__ college classes.I had gone back to school to get a degree in education.I wanted to secure a __3__ job that would help me to build a better life for my growing family.It was a twohour round trip to the __4__， so every day I would pray for my 20yearold car to __5__ it all the way.
As I started down a lonely stretch of highway about 12 miles from my home I __6__ a car parked along the side of the road with its emergency flashers __7__.A small woman was struggling to __8__ a flat tire.This was long before the age of cell phones __9__ I knew that any other help might not arrive for a while.I __10__ behind her car and offered to give her a hand.Her own hands were bruised and __11__ from struggling with the lug nuts (四方螺帽) and she had tears of frustration in her eyes.The lug nuts were rusty (生锈的) and __12__ and the lug wrench (单向扳手) a little small, but after a while I got the flat off and the __13__ tire on.As I said goodbye the little lady hugged me with tears of __14__ this time.I waved and drove off a little embarrassed at her __15__.After all, it had just been one kind act.
It took me a lot of years after that to learn the true __16__ of one kind act.One kind act can change the world.One kind act can teach more __17__ than a million words.One kind act can save a lost soul and heal a __18__ heart.
Never pass up the possibility of using your own __19__ to make this world a better place.Every day we are given the choice to be __20__ or kind.Always choose to be kind.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者帮陌生女子换备胎的经历。
1．A.great B．young
C．lazy D．rich
解析：选B 根据下文的“my wife and baby boy”及“my growing family”可知，作者是一位“年轻的(young)”爸爸。
2．A.preparing B．missing
C．taking D．giving
解析：选C 根据下文的“I had gone back to school to get a degree in education.”可知，作者“学习(taking)”了一天的大学课程。
3．A.teaching B．cooking
C．driving D．writing
解析：选A 根据上文的“get a degree in education”可知，作者正在为获得教育学方面的学位而学习。据此可推测，作者想要获得一份“教学(teaching)”工作。
4．A.college B．hospital
C．garage D．store
解析：选A 根据上文的“spending all day __2__ college classes”可知，作者每天往返所在的“大学(college)”需要两个小时的车程。
5．A.forget B．ignore
C．get D．make
解析：选D 作者每天都祈祷他那陈旧的汽车能助他顺利往返于家和学校。make it“成功抵达”。故D项符合语境。
6．A.passed B．stopped
C．noticed D．heard
解析：选C 根据设空后的“a car parked along the side of the road with its emergency flashers”可知，作者“注意到(noticed)”一辆停在路边的车。
7．A.out B．over
C．on D．off
解析：选C 根据语境可知，这辆停在路边的故障车打着双闪。on在此表示灯亮着。故选C项。
8．A.repair B．borrow
C．buy D．change
解析：选D 根据下文的“I got the flat off and the ...tire on”可知，一位娇小的女子正努力“更换(change)”漏了气的轮胎。
9．A.and B．but
C．though D．unless
解析：选A “当时还远没有移动电话”与“我知道该女子短时间内难以获得外援”之间是递进关系，故选连词and。
10．A.set off B．pulled up
C．showed off D．lay down
解析：选B 根据设空后的“offered to give her a hand”可知，作者在女子的故障车后面“把车停靠路边(pulled up)”。
11．A.moving B．bleeding
C．freezing D．shaking
解析：选B 根据设空前的“Her own hands were bruised”及下文的“struggling with the lug nuts (四方螺帽)”可推测，女子的手因为拧螺丝帽受伤了，在“流血(bleeding)”。
12．A.shiny B．simple
C．useful D．tight
解析：选D 根据设空前的“The lug nuts were rusty (生锈的)”可推断，螺帽由于生锈变得很“紧(tight)”。
13．A.spare B．worn
C．clean D．cheap
解析：选A 作者帮女子把漏了气的轮胎卸下来，把“备用的(spare)”轮胎装上去。
14．A.pride B．regret
C．pain D．relief
解析：选D 在作者帮忙换掉轮胎后临走之时，女子流下了“欣慰(relief)”的眼泪。
15．A.appreciation B．doubt
C．expectation D．surprise
解析：选A 根据上文的“As I said goodbye the little lady hugged me with tears”可推断，作者因女子似乎有点夸张的“感激(appreciation)”方式而感到有点尴尬。
16．A.cause B．danger
C．power D．pressure
解析：选C 根据下文的“One kind act can ...”可推断，作者用了很多年的时间才懂得了一个善举的真正“力量(power)”。
17．A.curiosity B．love
C．courage D．desire
解析：选B 一个善举比长篇大论更能教育和传递“爱(love)”。
18．A.light B．broken
C．brave D．cold
解析：选B 一个善举可以拯救一个迷失的灵魂，可以治愈一颗“破碎的(broken)”心。
19．A.kindness B．patience
C．interest D．wisdom
解析：选A 本文的中心是善举，故此处应该是说永远不要错过一个用你的“善良(kindness)”让世界变得更美好的机会。
20．A.tough B．busy
C．cruel D．free
解析：选C 此处是相对于kind而言，应填其反义词，故选“cruel(残忍的)”。
