完形填空。Onesummerdaymyfathersentmetobuywireforourfarm.At16Iliked1betterthandrivingourtruck2thistimeIwasnothappy.MyfatherhadtoldmeI'dhavetoaskforcredit(赊
完形填空。 Onesummerdaymyfathersentmetobuywireforourfarm.At16Iliked 1 betterthandrivingour
truck 2 thistimeIwasnothappy.MyfatherhadtoldmeI'dhavetoaskforcredit(赊账)atthestore.
Sixteenisa 3 agewhenayoungmanwantsrespectnotcharity.Itwas1976andtheugly 4 of
racialdiscriminationwas 5 afactoflife.I'dseenmyfriendsaskforcreditandthenstandheaddown
whilethestoreowner 6 whethertheywere"goodforit."Iknewblackyouthsjustlikemewhowere 7
likethievesbythestoreclerkeachtimetheywentintoagrocery.
Myfamilywas 8 .Wepaidourdebts.Butbeforeharvestcashwasshort.Wouldthestoreowner 9
us?
AtDavis'sstoreBuckDavisstoodbehindthecashdesktalkingtoafarmer.Inodded 10 Ipassedhim
onmywaytothehardwareshelves.WhenIbroughtmy 11 tothecaskhdeskIsaid 12 "Ineedtoputthis
oncredit."
Thefarmergavemeandamuseddistrustful 13 .ButBuck'sfacedidn'tchange."Sure"hesaid 14 .
"Yourdaddyis 15 goodforit."He 16 totheotherman."ThishereisoneofJamesWilliams'ssons."The
farmernoddedinaneighborly 17.Iwasfilledwithpride.JamesWilliam'sson.Thosethreewordshadopened
adoortoanadult'srespectandtrust.
ThatdayIdiscoveredthatthegoodnamemyparentshad 18 broughtourwholefamilytherespectofour
neighbors.Everyoneknewwhatto 19 fromaWilliams:adecentpersonwhokepthiswordandrespected
himself 20 muchtodowrong.( )1.A.something
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