Long，longago，therewasakindlady．Everytimewhenshemadebreadforherfamily，shemadea（n）（16）___pieceforanyhungryperson．Sheplacedthispieceofbreadbesideawindow．Whenthewomandidso，shealwaysgaveaprayer（

　　Long，long ago，there was a kind lady．Every time when she made bread for her family，she made a（n）（16）___ piece for any hungry person．She placed this piece of bread beside a window．When the woman did so，she always gave a prayer（祷告） for her son．Her son（17）___ a faraway place and she hadn't heard from him（18）___ a very long time．

　　Every day，a tramp（流浪汉） came and（19）___ the bread．He said when he was leaving，"The evil（恶） you do stays with you．The good you do comes back to you．"

　　The woman felt irritated（恼怒的）．"Not even a word of thanks"，she said to herself with（20）___．

　　This went on，day by day．

　　Finally，the woman became so（21）___ that she decided to get rid of the tramp．She added poison to the bread that she was going to（22）___ to the tramp!When she was placing it，her hands shook．"Look at（23）___ I've done!"she immediately threw the bread into fire and made（24）___ one．（25）___，the tramp came and picked up the bread．"The evil you do stays with you．The good you do comes back to you，"he said again and left．

　　That evening，there was a knock on the door．（26）___，the women's son was standing in the doorway．He was tired and（27）___．"Mum，I didn't think that I can come back home!While I was only a mile away，I was（28）___ hungry that I almost gave up．But just then an old tramp gave me a piece of bread．He said that the bread was his food every day．But today，he（29）___ give me the bread，for I needed it much more than he did!"

　　The lady's face turned pale when she（30）___ those words．The tramp's words suddenly came back to her，"The evil you do stays with you．The good you do comes back to you．"

　　16．A．extraB．deliciousC．freshD．beautiful17．A．had been toB．had visitedC．had gone toD．had returned from18．A．sinceB．for