【ThatholidaymorningIdidn’thavetoattendschool．Usually，onholidays，Mother（36）___metosleepin．AndIwouldcertainlytakefulladvantageofit．Onthisparticularmorning，（37）___，Ifeltlikegettingupearly．Istoodby】
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school．Usually，on holidays，Mother（36）___ me to sleep in．And I would certainly take full advantage of it．On this particular morning，（37）___，I felt like getting up early．
I stood by my window overlooking the （38）___，having nothing better to do．But as it turned out，I was soon to learn about something （39）___ in life．
As I watched several people go by，get into their cars and drive off，I （40）___an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its（41）___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage．He（42）___from one car to another，washing and cleaning them．From the water on the ground，it seemed that he had already （43）___washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars．He must have begun to work quite early in the morning．
Several thoughts（44）___my mind as I watched him work．He wasn’t well-dressed．He had on a pair of shorts and a（n） （45）___T-shirt．The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern（46）___would want to be seen riding on．But he seemed（47）___ with life．There he was，working hard at his small business，（48）___at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then （49）___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby．
There was a noticeable touch of（50）___in the way he seemed to be doing things（51）___the windscreen （挡风玻璃），then standing back to admire it； scrubbing （擦净） the wheels and （52）___，standing back to see what they look like after the scrub．
It was a （53）___ to learn，I felt．At no age need one have to beg for a（54）___ if one has good health and is willing to work hard．For a while I felt（55）___ of myself．Young as I am-just sixteen，and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon．
36．A．forces B．allows C．causes D．forbids
37．A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．besides
38．A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school