We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store. 11 we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than 12 and making a sale. One lesson stands out in my 13 . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was 14  a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed （磨破）and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to 15 to buy anything. He looked 16 the toy section, picked up this item and 17 , and carefully put them 18  in their place. Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes 19 and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas _20____ to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his 21 and look around. He did. After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy 22 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?” “How much you got?” Dad asked. The little boy held out his hand and 23 it. His hand was creased(起皱) with 24 lines of dirt from holding his 25 too tightly. In his hand 26 two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98. “That’ll just 27 it,” Dad said as he 28 the sale. Dad’s reply still 29  in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a   30 . 小题1: A．Because B．Since C．As D．After 小题2: A．survival B．labor C．hardship D．entertainment 小题3: A．way B．mind C．life D．time 小题4: A．putting on B．dressing C．having D．wearing 小题5: A．try B．attempt C．afford D．manage 小题6: A．for B．around C．up D．over 小题7: A．that B．one C．it D．this 小题8: A．up B．away C．back D．off 小题9: A．opened B．smiled C．shone D．looked 小题10: A．tree B．card C．present D．cake 小题11: A．effort B．word C．time D．courage 小题12: A．car B．gift C．plane D．section 小题13: A．showed B．opened C．gave D．turned 小题14: A．long B．straight C．wet D．main 小题15: A．toy B．pocket C．hand D．money 小题16: A．lay B．had C．held D．laid 小题17: A．work B．cover C．need D．take 小题18: A．took B．returned C．made D．offered 小题19: A．rings B．stays C．remains D．gets 小题20: A．bag B．treasure C．package D．thing