As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a  1  asked if I could mind a child. I was quite   2 but I could tell the man was quite desperate. So I had to make a  3  with him that if he wanted his son to stay and wait for him, he had to 4  something in the shop．

       This was quite  5  for the man to do; I could  6  he was quite poor by the  7  he was dressed. It looked as if he had tried to come in his 8 clothes. But they still looked a bit old and worn out 9 he had often worn them, just to make himself look best. Looking down I could see his 10  were also a bit torn and the heels were in a terrible state. I thought he was going for a job interview. In the end he bought a small box of 11 for his little son and seated him down in the corner. I could tell the boy was feeling down and only could   12  with a bit of cheering up．

       Seeing that the kid sat there for quite a while, I was a bit  13  as the poor little kid was sitting  14  his own. People watched him and some kids even came over to pick on him. I was15  to see one of them even knocked his cookies off the table．He quickly went and got them back without saying a word．I was hoping his father would 16  up and come back for his son's 17  .

        At closing time, the only person left was the little boy．After a while, the father finally came in with a tiresome look. I  18 he didn't get any job．As they were leaving, I offered the kid a little cake, but the man rejected it. I19  he felt as if I had just abused him．Of course I didn't mean to．But I could understand why he felt like that．I only wished them good  20  whatever happened．

The man opened the door to leave－father and son hand in hand．

You Did More Than Carry My books

    Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark 1down and helped the boy pick up these articles. 2 they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark 3 the boy's name was Bill, that he 4 computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of 5  with his other subjects and that he had just broken 6 with his girlfriend.

    They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was 7 in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed 8 with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They 9to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before 10 , Bill asked Mark if they 11 talk.

    Bill 12 him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you 13wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I 14 out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess(脏乱)15anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to 16 my things. But after we spent some time together 17 and laughing, I realized that 18 I had done that, I would have19 a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You 20 my life.”

    It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn't think there would be any 1 , sighing (叹息)about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies 2at my desk, a pale woman and four children.

    “Are you all3?” I asked. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.

    But when it came to 4their problems, things got a little strange. They all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches weren't 5by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still.

    Something was wrong. Our hospital policy,6, was not to turn away any patient. I explained it might be a little while 7a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit 8“Take your time,” and then added, “It's warm in here.”

    Then, I checked their registration（登记，注册） form out of curiosity. No address—they were  9.The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses' station and mentioned we had a homeless 10in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining of11on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get 12on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there's a 13emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency.

    We were all 14a free meal on Christmas Day, so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our15.We needed presents. We 16from different departments candies, fruits and other things 17that could be presents. Just like we 18the physical needs of the patients, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas.

    19, as the family walked to the door to 20, the mother came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。

    As I walked down the hall on the last day of the school year, I watched wide-eyed as my fellow students 1their drawers into the dustbins in front of the hall. Paper flew in all directions; broken shelves were 2 everywhere.

    Suddenly, I came up with an idea: my school really needed a 3 programme. I believed that one person could make a 4so I wrote out my recycling5 As I told the schoolmaster about my 6 my heart was beating wildly.

    With her agreement and encouragement, I would 7 cardboard boxes in the library, offices and classrooms to 8 papers, magazines and newspapers.

    That night, I designed a dozen 9and planned to arrive at school early to stick them up and hand out 10to classrooms on Monday. But when I arrived, I was very disappointed－the night-watchman had 11down all of the cardboard boxes I had saved. I was so upset. I began searching for other boxes, but I met with 12 success.

    A few days later,13 my English teacher took me into the new computer lab, and before my eyes sat a 14of cardboard boxes. I am sure I was the 15 person in the world when I saw these boxes. These were the boxes that the new computers had arrived in, and they were the16size.

    I rolled my recycling rubbish bins to the dining room, stuck up my posters, and17made an announcement18 the loudspeaker, letting the whole school know they now had a(n)19 about what would happen to their unwanted papers, cans and bottles.

    Since that day, recycling has become part of everyday life at my school. Students and teachers now take active 20 to save trees and other natural resources.

    When he was 5, Nicholas Lowinger visited a homeless shelter with his mother. He was1to show off his new light­up sneakers. But his mom warned him against doing so,2that these children might not have such things.

    3enough, when Nicholas met kids at the shelter, he4realized that they were living in circumstances that were different from his own.

    "I saw other kids who looked just like me. The only5was that they were wearing6shoes that were falling apart. Some didn't have a pair of shoes to call their own," said Nicholas, now 15. "I've been7to grow up in a family that is able to provide me with whatever I need. A lot of kids here in the U. S. don't have the same8."

    That first shelter9left a strong impression on Nicholas, who started10all the shoes he'd outgrown to local shelters. But he soon11that his donations weren't that helpful.

    "It12me that I only had used shoes to give to them13new shoes that fit right," he said. "No two people's feet are exactly the same, and14you are wearing someone else's worn shoes, your feet aren't going to be comfortable."

    So at the age of 12, Nicholas started a program that donates15shoes to homeless children.16, his efforts were part of a community service project. With the help of his parents, he then started the Gotta Have Sole Foundation, which has donated new footwear to more than 10,00017children in 21 states.

    "Something that seems so18, a pair of shoes, can make children feel19about themselves and gain confidence." Nicholas20other young people to do the same.

Last week I went shopping in the supermarket. I got to the front of the 1 and put my groceries through the checkout. I was about to pay, when I 2 that I didn't have my bankcard with me. I 3.Then I remembered I left it at home when I 4 something online. All I had was $30 in notes and some coins in my wallet. I was short 5 at least $25, and I needed to buy most of the items.

I started to 6 to the checkout lady. "I'm sorry, I stop the queue. Can I put these things back, and then think I'll 7 these. Oh, no, need that."

An Irish lady was 8 behind me, next in the queue. "Excuse me, Dear," she said. "Oh, I'm so sorry," I replied, "I'm 9 you up." "Of course not. I know 10 you feel. This happens to all of us at some point. Now please use my 11 to pay the bill and you can be on your way."

I was astonished by her kindness, 12 even. No matter how I insisted otherwise, she was 13 to help me. Afterwards I asked for her telephone number to 14 and pay her back. "No," she said, "rather pay it forward. You may do a good deed for the next person in need."

By helping others, can we start chain 15 of positive feeling and charity that can benefit our whole society?