During the years of depression(萧条), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade
things with each other.
One day I was1some potatoes from Mr Miller. I noticed a small poor boy hungrily2 a full
basket of freshly picked green peas. Then I was3to see that Mr Miller sold the boy a bag of peas fo
r just a marble (弹球).
Mrs Miller, who had been standing nearby,4_ and told me that Mr Miller loved to trade with the
three boys in the village for peas, tomatoes, and other things5he didn't really need any marbles. I left
the stand, smiling to myself,6 by this man.
Several years went by. One day I learned that Mr Miller had died. I took part in the funeral(葬礼),
_7three young men . They came over to Mrs Miller, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke with
her and moved on,8their eyes.
Our9came to meet Mrs Miller. I mentioned10she had told me about the11 She told me, "
Those three young men above were the boys I told you about. They just told me12 they appreciated
the things Jim 'traded 'with them. Now, at last, they came to pay their debt."
"We've13had a great deal of the wealth in this world," she14 , "but right now, Jim wouldW#W$W%.K**S*&5︿U consider himself to be the15man."
Then she gently lifted the16fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.
At that time I realized that we would not be17by our words, but by our kind18. It is said that
it takes a minute to find a 19 person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to
20 him.( )1. A. buying
( )2. A. reaching for
( )3. A.astonished
( )4. A. turned over
( )5. A. but
( )6. A. suspected
( )7. A. discovering
( )8. A. closing
( )9. A. time
( )10. A. the story
( )11. A. marbles
( )12. A. why
( )13. A. ever
( )14. A. laughed
( )15. A. honest
( )16. A. lifeless
( )17. A. thought
( )18. A. deeds
( )19. A. strict
( )20. A. ignore

B. selling
B. glancing at
B. amazed
B. going over
B. otherwise
B. impressed
B. watching
B. rolling
B. chance
B. the proverb
B. men
B. how
B. always
B. cried
B. happiest
B. regretless
B. touched
B. things
B. honest
B. forget

C. borrowing
C. staring at
C. annoyed
C. came over
C. or
C. regretted
C. finding
C. cleaning
C. turn
C. the legend
C. debt
C. when
C. never
C. sighed
C. coldest
C. useless
C. remembered
C. remarks
C. special
C. recognize

D. hunting
D. picking up
D. worried
D. coming over
D. although
D. embarrassed
D. seeing
D. wiping
D. decision
D. the joke
D. life
D. what
D. seldom
D. added
D. richest
D. hopeless
D. affected
D. rewards
D. learned
D. remind