题目内容：

Across the street from where we live, there stands a big hospital. To earn some money, we rented the rooms upstairs to patients. One evening, there was a(n) ________ at the door. I opened it and saw a short old man who was hardly ________ than my eight-year-old son. But the worst thing was his face—it was ________ ugly. He told me he'd been ________ a room since that noon but no one seemed to have one. For a moment I hesitated, not ________ to rent him a room, but his next words convinced me. He said,“I could ________ on this chair. My bus leaves early in the morning." I told him we would find him a ________.

It wasn't a long time before I found that this old man had a ________ heart in that tiny body. He fished for a living to ________ his daughter, his daughter's children, and her disabled husband. He didn't tell it by way of complaint. Instead, he was ________ that no pain was caused by his disease and that he still had strength to keep going. At ________, we put a camp cot(吊床) in my children's room for him. ________ he left the next morning, he asked, “Could I please come back and ________ when I see the doctor next time? Grown-ups are bothered by my ________, but children don't seem to ________. ”I told him he was welcome to come again.

On his next trip, he brought a big fish and a bag of the largest oysters（牡蛎）I had ever seen. Other times we received ________ in the mail. There were oysters, fish or some fresh vegetables. ________ how little money he had and that he must walk three miles to ________ these made these gifts much more precious. And from him we ________ what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good ________ gratitude.

1.A. bellB. answerC. knockD. call

2.A. tallerB. healthierC. betterD. stronger

3.A. hardlyB. usuallyC. reallyD. finally

4.A. searchingB. looking at

C. hunting forD. checking in

5.A. knowingB. refusingC. fearingD. wanting

6.A. waitB. sitC. hideD. sleep

7.A. bedB. seat

C. tableD. living room

8.A. funnyB. beautifulC. smallD. normal

9.A. pleaseB. surpriseC. supportD. exchange

10.A. interestedB. scaredC. gratefulD. worried

11.A. midnightB. suppertimeC. bedtimeD. noon

12.A. ifB. onceC. beforeD. after

13.A. visitB. stayC. payD. chat

14.A. actionB. voiceC. faceD. manner

15.A. noticeB. requireC. mindD. escape

16.A. cardB. lettersC. greetingsD. packages

17.A. BelievingB. KnowingC. DoubtingD. Telling

18.A. mailB. getC. findD. make

19.A. rememberedB. explainedC. learnedD. showed

20.A. forB. withC. inD. under