Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. 1 in my late thirties did I make this important 2 : giving-away makes life so much 3 . You need not 4 if you lack money. This is 　5 　I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 　6 　upon me, I step in and make the 　7 to the store-keeper. If an incident occurs, the story of which I think the local Catholic priest（天主教神父）could 8 , I call him up and tell him about it, 9 I am not a Catholic myself. What I found out about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an 10 form.

One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was 　11 to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 12 . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business. I was　 13 at the window that there were no boxes left, and my 14 would have to go on a long waiting 15 . As I was about to leave, the post-master　 16 　in the doorway. He had overheard our 17　 "Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to 18 a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that 19 　to us. We usually get 　20 but complaints.”

1. A. Hardly 　　　 B. Not only 　　　　 C. Not until　　　　 D. Until

2. A. discovery　　 B. experiment 　　　 C. conclusion　　 　 D. fact

3. A. poorer 　　　 B. duller 　　　 　　C. more exciting 　 D. simpler

4. A. borrow 　　 　　B. worry 　　　　 C. care 　　　　 　　D. pay

5. A. why 　　　 B. how 　　　　　 　　C. what 　　　　 　　D. when

6. A. hits 　　　　 B. comes 　　　　 C. strikes 　　　　 D. flashes

7. A. plan 　　　　 B. suggestion 　　　 　　C. design　　　　 　 D. progress

8. A. use 　　　 B. tell 　　　　　　 C. make 　　　　 　　D. choose

9. A. though 　　　 B. however 　　　　 C. because 　　　　 D. so

10. A. unfamiliar 　　　 B. unexpected 　　　 C. unimportant　　　 D. unfair

11. A. delivered　　 B. written 　　　　 C. posted 　　　 D. addressed

12. A. appreciation　　 B. explanation 　　 C. apologies　　　　 D. complaints

13. A. promised 　　 B. explained 　　 　　C. told 　　　　　　 D. suggested

14. A. address 　　 B. letter 　　　 　　C. box 　　　　　　 D. name

15. A. list 　　　　 B. line 　　　　　　 C. group 　　　　 D. year

16. A. came 　　　　 B. stayed 　　　 C. appeared 　　　　 D. remained

17. A. quarrel 　　　　 B. difficulty 　 　　　　C. conversation　 　 D. argument

18. A. win 　　　　 B. have　　　　　　 C. miss 　　　　 　　D. put

19. A. means 　　　 B. occurs 　　　 C. comes 　　　　 D. seems

20. A. anything 　　 B. nothing 　　　　 C. everything 　　　 　　D. something