Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money. This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.” 小题1: A．difference B．research C．speech D．discovery 小题2: A．earn B．lack C．spend D．steal 小题3: A．experienced B．connected C．cooperated D．experimented 小题4: A．strikes B．flashes C．happens D．attempts 小题5: A．appeal B．request C．suggestion D．demand 小题6: A．story B．damage C．challenge D．material 小题7: A．call B．hold C．cheer D．pick 小题8: A．possession B．trouble C．place D．charge 小题9: A．plus B．without C．for D．before 小题10: A．process B．goal C．return D．concern 小题11: A．replied B．addressed C．driven D．brought 小题12: A．invitation B．apology C．complaint D．appreciation 小题13: A．discussing B．providing C．applying D．starting 小题14: A．enough B．extra C．no D．other 小题15: A．admitting B．relating C．buying D．waiting 小题16: A．positive B．shocked C．discouraged D．optimistic 小题17: A．doorway B．window C．home D．yard 小题18: A．unfamiliar B．unexpected C．unknown D．uncertain 小题19: A．in case B．now that C．even if D．rather 小题20: A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything