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It had been a long time since I had been to Jacksonville, Florida. I had driven to town _______to find the old barber shop where my hair had been cut as a child. As I _______around, I was a little disappointed to see the old buildings had been _______with new high-rise ones.

After walking about a block I saw an open shoe store. Wondering whether I could get the _______, I walked in. As I stood talking to the salesman, the front door opened and a young man about twenty came into the store in a _______. “I need a new pair of shoes,” said the _______. As he turned the corner, I was _______to see that the young man had no legs.

Seeing us _______, the young man said, “When I was a _______, my parents used to buy me a new pair of shoes every year. That was such a wonderful feeling— ________I have never forgotten.”

Soon the salesman came with a large box. He put it down on the floor, took out a boot and handed it to the young man. Placing the boot ________his nose, the boy closed both eyes, and took a large breath. I did not know what to say as tears began to roll down his ________.

Suddenly we heard the salesman shouting to an old man ________who looked in the window from time to time. The young man looked at the old man and then turned to me. “Would you walk out and see what ________that fellow wears?” he ________.

Wondering why, I ________walked to the front door, opened it and asked the old man to ________. “What size shoes do you wear?” the boy asked the man. “I don’t know,” he replied, as he________his old tennis shoes. “I would say nine and a half,” I suggested. “What’s your ________hiking boot in nine and a half?” the boy asked the salesman. Within a minute, the salesman returned with a pair of hiking boots. The boy ________out, took the boot, placed it to his nose and took a large breath. Once again, tears came to his eyes. “Sir, would you mind trying on these boots?” the boy asked the old fellow.

1.A. needing    B. waiting    C. helping    D. hoping

2.A. wandered    B. jumped    C. ran    D. wondered

3.A. ruined    B. decorated    C. replaced    D. lined

4.A. key    B. answer    C. shoes    D. service

5.A. wheelchair    B. car    C. boot    D. suit

6.A. salesman    B. owner    C. elder    D. customer

7.A. excited    B. shocked    C. ashamed    D. embarrassed

8.A. unsatisfied    B. uninterested    C. puzzled    D. worried

9.A. student    B. manager    C. barber    D. kid

10.A. everything    B. something    C. nothing    D. anything

11.A. to    B. over    C. across    D. on

12.A. sleeves    B. hands    C. cheeks    D. legs

13.A. in horror    B. in sorrow    C. in relief    D. in rags

14.A. color    B. size    C. price    D. material

15.A. requested    B. ordered    C. required    D. begged

16.A. suddenly    B. unwillingly    C. slowly    D. steadily

17.A. leave    B. enter    C. visit    D. meet

18.A. turned around    B. showed up    C. turned away    D. looked down at

19.A. best    B. dearest    C. heaviest    D. quickest

20.A. burst    B. looked    C. reached    D. broke