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An old man walked slowly into a restaurant with his cane (拐杖). His1jacket and worn-out shoes made
him stand out from the2Saturday morning break-fast crowd.
A young waitress named Mary watched him move toward a3by the window. Mary ran over to him, and
said, 'Here, Sir. Let me give you a hand with that4 .'
Without saying a word, he smiled and5a thank-you. She6the chair away from the table and helped
him get7seated. Then she put his cane against the table8he could reach it. In a soft, clear9he said,
'Thank you, Miss.'
'You're welcome, Sir,' she replied. 'I'll be10in a moment, and if you need anything in the meantime, just
11at me!'
After he had finished a good12, Mary brought him the change. She13him his cane, and walked with
him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, 'Come back and14us, Sir!' The old man15
around and smiled.
When Mary went to clean his table, she was16.Under the plate she found a business card, a one-hundred-
dollar bill and a note. The note read, 'Dear Mary, I17you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows
the way you18others. You have found the secret of19.'
The man she had served was the20of the restaurant. That was the first time that she or any of his
employees had seen him.
( )1. A. nice
( )2. A.
( )3. A. table
( )4. A. dish
( )5. A. spoke
( )6. A. took
( )7. A. quietly
( )8. A. now that
( )9. A. voice
( )10. A. back
( )11. A. look
( )12. A. talk
( )13. A. lent
( )14. A. call
( )15. A. moved
( )16. A. excited
( )17. A. love
( )18. A. treat
( )19. A. beauty
( )20. A. ownerB. clean
B. usual
B. girl
B. menu
B. nodded
B. pushed
B. safely
B. even though
B. accent
B. ready
B. wave
B. meal
B. showed
B. check
B. shook
B. worried
B. miss
B. teach
B. happiness
B. partnerC. old
C. calm
C. waiter
C. chair
C. expressed
C. kept
C. gradually
C. so that
C. attitude
C. late
C. smile
C. date
C. returned
C. see
C. turned
C. sad
C. thank
C. visit
C. wealth
C. friendD. funny
D. strange
D. room
D. desk
D. wrote
D. pulled
D. comfortably
D. as if
D. language
D. busy
D. shout
D. rest
D. handed
D. help
D. bent
D. shocked
D. respect
D. trick
D. friendship
D. customer