阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。Once there was a poor boy who lived with his mother in India.
One day, Mother asked the boy, "Would you like 1 from the market?" "More than anything else, I want a drum!" the boy said. Mother sold some grain at the 2 , but there was still not enough money for a drum. 3 , Mother gave the boy a stick she had found. The boy decided not to be 4 . "Thank you," he began to play with his new stick.
Next day, he saw his neighbor struggling to 5 a fire. "Please use my stick! "he said. In order to thank the boy, the woman gave him a large jug (罐). 6 , he heard someone crying. "Water!" an old man cried sadly. The boy ran to the well and filled his jug. The man drank and said, "I am a 7 , but robbers stole my goods." Two frightened horses stood by the trees. The boy held out the jug for them. "You can have my jug to trade," the boy offered.
8 his kindness, the boy was given a horse. What a rich gift! He climbed on the horse and rode down the street. He passed a group of men 9 under a tree. They looked worried. "What's the matter?" asked the boy. One young man said, "I'm going to my wedding, where this band will play. But if I 10 on foot, bride will laugh at me." "You need this horse 11 I do!" he said. "Thank you for being so kind," said one of the musicians. He handed the boy a beautiful 12 . That was exactly 13 he wanted. The boy shouted with joy.
When he got home, the boy told his mother the whole story. "When you are 14 , your good deeds come back to you," Mother said. It was a 15 the boy never forgot.
