It was during those hard days in a small community． Food was in short supply． I used to stop by Mr．Miller's stand for      
One particular day, while Mr．Miller was         some potatoes for me I noticed a small boy       admiring a basket of green peas． Soon I was also        to the fresh green peas．
The boy left． Mrs．Miller _      to me and said, "There are two other such boys in our      _, all from poor families． Jim always offers to      our produce for their marbles（弹珠）． He somehow makes them believe he likes red marbles       ．Sometimes he even sends them home with some peas for      ．" I left the stand,        with this man．
Years later, I went back to visit some        in that community and while I was there I learned Mr．Miller had died． I agreed to        my friends to see Mrs．Miller． Upon our arrival, we offered whatever words of        ． Ahead of us were three young men． They moved to the casket（棺椁）． Mrs．Miller's eyes followed them        each young man placed his own       hand over the cold pale hand and then left．
Our turn came to meet Mrs．Miller．I told her who I was and mentioned the      of the marbles． She said, "Those three young men were the boys． They told me how they       Jim's kindness．"
"We've never had much      ," she said, "but right now, Jim would consider himself the        man．" Then she lifted her husband's lifeless fingers．      beneath the hand were three shining, red marbles !

A．flowers B．grains C．vegetables D．fruits

A．bagging B．digging C．selling D．cooking

A．happily B．hungrily C．curiously D．seriously

A．carried B．sent C．drawn D．led

A．pulled up B．picked up C．got up D．came up

A．community B．town C．home D．store

A．trade B．bring C．change D．get

A．in time B．in particular C．on purpose D．on average

A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing

A．impressed B．surprised C．disappointed D．satisfied

A．relatives B．friends C．businessmen D．workers

A．introduce B．send C．accompany D．assist

A．comfort B．thanks C．praise D．encouragement

A．since B．whether C．because D．as

A．cool B．warm C．red D．pale

A．price B．color C．story D．number

A．appreciated B．forgot C．needed D．helped

A．debt B．wealth C．hope D．health

A．tallest B．dearest C．richest D．toughest

A．Rolling B．Fading C．Hanging D．Resting