8、I had my first chocolate bar at five. I’ll never forget the delicious，comforting taste. It was World WarⅡ. I lived in a small town in Europe when the Russian army 1 west toward Nazi Germany. Many people in our village fled in  2  .

       In the  3  , I stood with my l 2-year—old sister，Elyte，near the railroad station.  4  a train leaving for Germany waited.

       Only families were  5  to board the train. Just before departure，a woman 6 alone approached us. “I’ll take care of him，”she told Elyte, and 7 me onto the train as it left the station. The entire trip I  8  for my mother.

       We arrived in Hamburg. Dead bodies  9 the bombed-out streets. Now that the woman had 10  escaped the small town she had no more use for me. I lived on the streets，like thousands of 11  children in that war-torn city. I 12  by stealing food. Still，there was never enough. I was skin and bones，close to  13  .

       Then the American troops arrived. They looked so big and   14  . Stealing food from them was easy. I’d 15  into the hall, hide under a table and make off with loaves of fresh bread.

       One afternoon as I hid behind a tent in search of food，a huge hand lifted me up by the 16  , an American soldier. “Got ya!” he shouted.

       I was scared, and l could see it 17  him. “It's okay , kid,” he said. He reached into his uniform and handed me a chocolate bar. “Here，have some of this.” I unwrapped it and took a small  18  .

As with that first taste of chocolate, I thought I'd gone to  19  .

       The soldier took me to an orphanage（孤兒院） run by the Red Cross. Soon after，a family who lived in Pennsylvania adopted me and brought me up. God, I want to pay  20  all the people who were so good to me，I prayed.

1．A．swept                   B．occupied             C．fought                 D．defeated

2．A．hurry                    B．danger                 C．panic                  D．surprise

3．A．confusion              B．settlement            C．disorder              D．mass

4．A．that                      B．which                 C．when                  D．where

5．A．prepared               B．a(chǎn)llowed               C．forbidden            D．organized

6．A．working                B．living                   C．traveling              D．walking

7．A．picked                  B．pulled                  C．a(chǎn)sked                  D．forced

8．A．cried                     B．worked               C．searched             D．started

9．A．grew                    B．littered                 C．spread                 D．poured

10．A．a(chǎn)ctually               B．certainly              C．eventually            D．gradually

11．A．a(chǎn)nother                B．some                   C．their                    D．other

12．A．survived              B．begged                C．a(chǎn)ccompanied       D．prayed

13．A．dying                  B．lying                   C．starving               D．escaping

14．A．wealthy               B．healthy                C．lucky                  D．crazy

15．A．rush                    B．steal                    C．walk                   D．step

16．A．chest                  B．hand                   C．neck                   D．collar

17．A．upset                  B．a(chǎn)stonished           C．interested            D．frightened

18．A．mouth                 B．piece                   C．sheet                   D．bite

19．A．earth                   B．world                  C．heaven                D．sky

20．A．for              B．off             C．out              D．back