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    It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a _26_ across the river. The wait seemed _27_. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.

    _28_, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by，and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s _29__ and said, “Sir, would you _30_giving me a ride to the other side?”

    31_ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost _32_. He could not get ___33 _ the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, __34__ to the old man’s home.

    As they _35__ the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I _36_ and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? _37_I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”111]

    The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked _38_ the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t __39__. It would be _40__ even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw _41___. I knew that you would help me.” 

    The words _42__ the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others _43__ simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does __44__in my heart.”

    With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his __45__ back to the White House.

26.A. help                   B. ride               C. trip                     D. drive

27.A. useful                 B. boring           C. fortunate             D. endless

28.A. Gradually           B. Finally          C. Sadly                 D. Surprisingly

29.A                    B. hand             C. back                    D. face

30.A. like                    B. think              C. offer                   D. mind

31.A. Speeding             B. Riding            C. Stopping             D. Leaving

32.A. shocked               B. stuck              C. frozen                 D. injured

33.A. down                   B. on                C. in                      D. off

34.A. only                    B. but               C. so                      D. then

35.A. neared               B. visited          C. passed                  D. missed

36.A. came on             B. came in         C. came up                D. came out

37.A. Even if             B. What if           C. As if                    D. Only if

38.A. out                   B. for                 C. into                     D. up

39.A. try                  B. wait              C. ask                     D. care

40.A. useless             B. risky              C. dangerous           D. foolish

41.A. bravery              B. loyalty           C. ambition              D. kindness

42.A. attracted            B. comforted       C. touched               D. occupied

43.A. alone                B. out                C. away                D. over

44.A. desire               B. live                C. count                  D. advance

45.A. choice               B. living             C. mind                     D. way

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