I’d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to
and get the tools to fix the problem. It certainly wasn’t
doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled up beside me. A man got out and offered to
me. Seeing tattoos (纹身) on his arm, I became
as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But
I could say anything, he had already begun to take the tools to change the
. While watching him, I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This
me.
Then, without warning, it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, I unwillingly agreed. When I settled into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. I replied with much
when seeing an old woman there. It must be his mother, I thought. To my surprise, the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you
the tyre.” “I am grateful for his help,” I said. “Me too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he
at the church and taught disadvantaged students for free.
Finally, Jeff helped me change the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he refused it. As we shook hands to say goodbye I apologized for my stupid
at the first sight of him, and this incident warned us that we shouldn’t judge people by the way they
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小题2: | A.difficult | B.easy | C.bad | D.polite |
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小题3: | A.lift | B.carry | C.drive | D.help |
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小题4: | A.discouraged | B.disappointed | C.frightened | D.astonished |
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小题5: | A.as | B.before | C.until | D.when |
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小题6: | A.tyre | B.suit | C.shirt | D.tools |
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小题7: | A.puzzled | B.embarrassed | C.calmed | D.concerned |
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小题8: | A.fear | B.relief | C.satisfaction | D.delight |
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小题9: | A.taking on | B.fighting for | C.picking out | D.struggling with |
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小题10: | A.volunteered | B.studied | C.grew | D.performed |
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小题11: | A.ignorance | B.words | C.reaction | D.comment |
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小题12: | A.drove | B.walked | C.behaved | D.looked |
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