课时作业(三十六)
(限时：30分钟)
Ⅰ.完形填空
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bou nd together. However, I was not thinking about the golden chain when I had to help people who __1__ their way and parked in front of my house.
I was growing tired of helping so many people. Almost every __2__ I was awaken during a sound night's sleep and had to __3__ someone out. Many times I was __4__by some penniless motorists who did not even thank me for the help that they received and some even complained that I could have done more.
One day, a young man with a weekold beard climbed out of a __5__ automobile. He had no money and no food. He asked if I could give him some __6__， offer him gasoline and a meal. I told him that i f he wanted to work for me, he could cut the grass, but __7__ the work wasn't necessary.
Though sweaty and hungry, he worked hard. After working all day, he sat in the shade to cool himself. I thanked him for his work and gave him the money he __8__. I then offered him some __9__ money for a task particularly well done, but he shook his head, __10__．
I never saw him again. He probably thinks I helped him out that day, but that is not the way it was. I didn't help him. He helped me to __11__ people again to repay their trust in me. He helped me to once again want to do something for those who are __12__. I wish I could thank him for __13__ some of my belief in the basic goodness of others and for giving me back a little of the __14__ I had lost. Because of him, I once again felt part of a golden chain of kindness that __15__ us to others.
