Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adela

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Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a __1__ on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from __2__ to toe, explained that he had __3__out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant (怀孕的)wife and his two children __4__at the car and said that he would hitchhike (搭便车) back. Once I had __5__a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two­year­old and four­year­old children were both __6__,saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he __7__me back. Before leaving, I had turned the heater __8__in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and __9__. While the little ones played and ran __10__, I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the __11__. It was about 5 a.m. before they __12__. The young fellow asked me how much he __13__me and I told him that the petrol pump (加油泵) had __14__$15. He offered to pay “call­out fee”, but I wouldn't accept it.  About a month later, I received a __15__ from interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to __16__ to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It __17__ out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most __18__ person in the company. In his letter, he thanked me again and __19__ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this __20__, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
1.A.kick   B.hit
C.beat     D.knock
2.A.finger     B.shoulder
C.head     D.hand
3.A.driven   B.used
C.come     D.run
4.A.away    B.behind
C.over    D.out
5.A.supplied    B.poured
C.equipped   D.filled
6.A.sleeping    B.crying
C.quarrelling   D.fighting
7.A.allow     B.ring
C.lead     D.follow
8.A.on    B.off
C.in     D.over
9.A.neat    B.hot
C.warm     D.attractive
10.A.around     B.inside
C.nearby    D.along
11.A.drivers    B.guests
C.customers    D.adults
12.A.left   B.arrived
C.ate    D.disappeared
13.A.gave   B.paid
C.owed    D.offered
14.A.appeared    B.exhibited
C.calculated   D.shown
15.A.call   B.letter
C.check     D.notice
16.A.get     B.force
C.requite    D.hope
17.A.pointed   B.turned
C.worked   D.found
18.A.generous    B.successful
C.serious    D.powerful
19.A.praise   B.persuaded
C.informed      D.convinced
20.A.lesson     B.business
C.aspect    D.case
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