【Iwas17whenIwalkedintoCarley’sbookstoreinAshland.AsIwaslookingat21ontheshelvestheshopowneraskedifI’dlike22.Ineededtostart23forcollegesoIsaidyes.Iworkedafterschoolandthejobh】

　　Iwas17whenIwalkedintoCarley’sbookstoreinAshland.AsIwaslookingat 21 ontheshelvestheshopowneraskedifI’dlike 22 .Ineededtostart 23 forcollegesoIsaidyes.Iworkedafterschoolandthejobhelped 24 myyearlytuition.Iwouldworkmanyotherjobs:makingcoffeeintheStudentsUnion;ahotelmaidand 25 makingmapsforacompany.Butsellingbookswasoneofthemost 26 .

　　Onedayawomanaskedmeforbooksoncancer.Sheseemedfearful.Ishowedheralmosteverything 27 andfoundotherbookswecouldorder.Sheleftthestoreless 28 .I’vealwaysrememberedthe 29 Ifeltinhavinghelpedher.

　　Yearslaterasa 30 inLosAnglesIheardaboutanimmigrantchildborn 31 hisfingersconnected.Hisfamilycouldn’taffordacorrectiveoperationandtheboylivedin 32 hidinghishandinhispocket.

　　I 33 my bosstoletmedothestory.Afterthestorywasbroadcastadoctorandanursecalledofferingtoperformthe 34 forfree.

　　Ivisitedtheboysoonaftertheoperation.Thefirstthinghedidwastoholduphis 35 handandsaid“Thankyou.”Ifeltasenseof 36 .

　　InthepastwhileIwas 37 IalwayssensedIwasworkingforthecustomersnotthestore.Todayit’sthe 38 .Foxpaysmysalary 39 IfeelasifIworkforthe 40 helpingthemmakesenseoftheworld.

　　21．A．maps

　　B．articles

　　C．reports

　　D．titles

　　22．A．abook

　　B．sometea

　　C．ajob

　　D．anyhelp

　　23．A．planning

　　B．saving

　　C．preparing

　　D．studying

　　24．A．payfor

　　B．fitfor

　　C．runfor

　　D．enterfor

　　25．A．so

　　B．yet

　　C．even

　　D．still

　　26．A．boring

　　B．satisfying

　　C．surprising

　　D．disappointing

　　27．A．inneed

　　B．inall

　　C．inorder

　　D．instore

　　28．A．worried

　　B．satisfied

　　C．interested

　　D．puzzled

　　29．A．surprise

　　B．failure

　　C．regret