阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
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 was   36   some potatoes from Mr Miller. I noticed a small poor boy hungrily   __37  a full basket of freshly picked green peas. Then I was _ 38   to see that Mr Miller sold the boy a bag of peas for just a marble (弹球).
Mrs Miller, who had been standing nearby,   39__ and told me that Mr Miller loved to trade with the three boys in the village for peas, tomatoes, and other things  _40   he didn’t really need any marbles. I left the stand, smiling to myself,   41   by this man.
Several years went by. One day I learned that Mr Miller had died. I took part in the funeral(葬礼), _ 42__  three young men. They came over to Mrs Miller, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke with her and moved on, __43__ their eyes.
Our __44__ came to meet Mrs Miller. I mentioned __45_  she had told me about the __46__ . She told me, “Those three young men above were the boys I told you about. They just told me    how they appreciated the things Jim ‘_ 47 _ ’with them. Now, at last, they came to pay their debt.”
“We’ve _ 48__ had a great deal of the wealth in this world,” she __49__, “but right now, Jim would consider himself to be the __50__ man.”
Then she gently lifted the  _51_  fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.
At that time I realized that we would not be  _52   by our words, but by our kind  _53 _ . It is said that it takes a minute to find a  _54_  person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to _55  him.

A．buying B．selling C．borrowing D．hunting

A．reaching for B．glancing at C．staring at D．picking up

A．astonished B．pleased C．annoyed D．worried

A．turned over B．went over C．came over D．looked over

A．but B．otherwise C．or D．although

A．suspected B．impressed C．regretted D．embarrassed

A．discovering B．watching C．finding D．seeing

A．closing B．rolling C．cleaning D．wiping

A．time B．chance C．turn D．decision

A．the story B．the proverb C．the legend D．the joke

A．marbles B．men C．debt D．life

A．talked B．traded C．shared D．left

A．ever B．always C．never D．seldom

A．laughed B．cried C．sighed D．added

A．honest B．happiest C．coldest D．richest

A．lifeless B．regretless C．useless D．hopeless

A．thought B．touched C．remembered D．affected

A．deeds B．things C．remarks D．rewards

A．strict B．honest C．special D．learned

A．ignore B．forget C．recognize D．remind