That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother 36 me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, __37___,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
36．A．forces B．allows C．causes D．forbids
37．A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．besides
38．A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school D．market
39．A．interesting B．surprising C．awful D．useful
40．A．noticed B．recognized C．called D．assisted
41．A．back B．handle C．wheel D．seat
42．A．searched B．left C．moved D．wandered
43．A．stopped B．started C．intended D．finished
44．A．crossed B．slipped C．disturbed D．inspired
45．A．attractive B．shiny C．simple D．expensive
46．A．repairmen B．businessmen C．drivers D．cyclists
47．A．busy B．content C．careful D．bored
48．A．waving B．looking C．laughing D．pointing
49．A．about B．for C．with D．like
50．A．worry B．respect C．sympathy D．pride
51．A．cleaning B．fixing C．replacing D．covering
52．A．still B．yet C．again D．soon
53．A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．fact
54．A．business B．living C．success D．right
55．A．tired B．doubtful C．fearful D．ashamed