It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a ____ across the river. The wait seemed ____. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
____, 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 ____ and said, “Sir, would you ____ giving me a ride to the other side?”
____ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost ____. He could not get ____ the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, ____ to the old man’s home.
As they ____ the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I ____ and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? ____I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked ____ the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t ____. It would be ____ even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw ____. I knew that you would help me.”
The words ____ the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others ____ simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does ____ in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his ____ back to the White House

A．help B．ride C．trip D．drive

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

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

A．eyes B．hand C．back D．face

A．like B．think C．offer D．mind

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

A．shocked B．stuck C．frozen D．injured

A．down B．on C．in D．off

A．only B．but C．so D．then

A．neared B．visited C．passed D．missed

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

A．Even if B．What if C．As if D．Only if

A．out B．for C．into D．up

A．try B．wait C．ask D．care

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

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

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

A．alone B．out C．away D．over

A．desire B．live C．count D．advance

A．choice B．living C．mind D．way