Now you’re a fool for helping. “I don’t want to get ” seems to have become a national motto. One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California to New Orleans, Louisiana. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time when you’d be called a jerk (混蛋) for passing by somebody _ ___ . Several days later I was still _  _ about the hitchhiker (搭便车的人), about how I didn’t even lift my foot _ _ the accelerator (加速踏板) for him. “Does anyone stop any more?” I wondered. I Blanche DuBois’s famous line—”I have always depended on the kindness of .” Was that possible these days? One way to this would be for a person to journey across the US without any money, just __ _ _ on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support? The idea intrigued (激起兴趣) me. The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never done something truly crazy. __ _ _ I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only accept __ _ of rides, food and places to sleep. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. I was treated kindly everywhere I went. I was __ _ _ by people’s readiness to help a stranger. In Oregon, a house painter named Mike __ _ _ the cold weather and asked if I had a coat. I didn’t, so he gave me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker in Michigan named Tim invited me to a(n) _ _ _ _ dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me a tent. I , but Tim insisted, packing it into my bag himself. I found people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or __ _ _ with them whatever they happened to have. Those who had the _ _ _ _ to give often gave the most. I’m __ _ _ to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter and their gifts. My faith in ordinary folks was __ _ _ . I am proud to live in a country where people are still willing to help. Now about the hitchhiker I met the other day, I am feeling __ _ that I did not stop to take him along . 小题1: A．involved B．crazy C．blamed D．rejected 小题2: A．away B．in C．over D．out 小题3: A．in danger B．in need C．in action D．in favor 小题4: A．worrying B．considering C．concerning D．thinking 小题5: A．off B．on C．away D．from 小题6: A．concluded B．recalled C．polished D．submitted 小题7: A．strangers B．relatives C．friends D．colleagues 小题8: A．guide B．test C．handle D．conduct 小题9: A．basing B．relying C．insisting D．relating 小题10: A．But B．So C．And D．However 小题11: A．jobs B．supplies C．helps D．offers 小题12: A．frightened B．annoyed C．disappointed D．amazed 小题13: A．noted B．saw C．felt D．sensed 小题14: A．simple B．rich C．awesome D．interesting 小题15: A．understood B．refused C．paused D．disobeyed 小题16: A．supplied B．offered C．shared D．provided 小题17: A．grandest B．most C．least D．best 小题18: A．careful B．grateful C．hopeful D．helpful 小题19: A．created B．reminded C．renewed D．returned 小题20: A．guilty B．sceptical C．delighted D．shallow