题目内容：

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to       a little pocket money.

One day I        on the door of an elderly woman and asked        she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in       and I showed her my worn        , which no longer kept me warm. She         me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be         now.” She then      a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a        job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to        new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to      me with your report card and I will        you when I see you have worked hard and have some good        . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much       as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and        so much money that it was       for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she       . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I________ her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge ________ this wonderful lady made over my life with her         . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

1.A. save         B. give          C. earn        D. change

2.A. turned      B. knocked       C. worked       D. looked

3.A. how          B. when          C. why          D. if

4.A. school       B. time          C. trouble      D. bed

5.A. bag          B. carpet        C. coat         D. sofa

6.A. allowed      B. forced        C. helped      D. stopped

7.A. punished     B. tested       C. praised     D. paid

8.A. set up       B. took out     C. talked about D. put away

9.A. boring       B. new           C. fine        D. terrible

10.A. keep        B. buy           C. remove      D. make

11.A. visit       B. forgive       C. welcome      D. serve

12.A. recognize   B. reward        C. understand   D. protect

13.A. goals       B. stories       C. marks        D. ideas

14.A. room        B. money        C. food         D. time

15.A. grabbed    B. lost         C. borrowed     D. charged

16.A. rare        B. enough       C. simple       D. special

17.A. promised    B. discovered    C. knew         D. admitted

18.A. asked       B. required      C. showed      D. wrote

19.A. decision    B. progress     C. mistake      D. difference

20.A. courage     B. kindness     C. honesty      D. happiness