题目内容：

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked  1better than driving our truck,  2this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit at the store.

Sixteen is a  3age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly  4of racial discrimination was  5a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner  6whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were  7like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.

My family was  8. We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner  9us?

At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded  10I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my  11to the cash desk, I said  12, “I need to put this on credit.”

The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful  13. But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure, ” he said  14. “Your daddy is  15good for it.” He  16to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”

The farmer nodded in a neighborly  17. I was filled with pride. James Williams’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.

That day I discovered that the good name my parents had  18brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to  19from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself  20much to do wrong.

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

2.A.and         B. so               C. but              D. for

3.A.prideful        B. wonderful        C. respectful           D. colorful

4.A.intention       B. shadow           C. habit                D. faith

5.A.thus            B. just             C. still                D. ever

6.A.guessed     B. suspected            C. questioned       D. figured

7.A.watched     B. caught           C. dismissed            D. accused

8.A.generous        B. honest           C. friendly         D. modest

9.A.blame           B. excuse           C. charge           D. trust

10.A.until          B. as               C. once             D. since

11.A.purchases      B. sales                C. orders           D. favorites

12.A.casually       B. confidently      C. cheerfully           D. carefully

13.A.look           B. stare                C. response         D. comment

14.A.patiently      B. eagerly          C. easily               D. proudly

15.A.generally      B. never                C. sometimes        D. always

16.A.pointed        B. replied          C. turned           D. introduced

17.A.sense          B. way              C. degree           D. mood

18.A.earned         B. deserved         C. given                D. used

19.A.receive        B. expect           C. collect          D. require

20.A.very           B. so               C. how              D. too