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It was a dreadfully cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home 【小题1】 the bus stop.
【小题2】 my house was merely two blocks away, it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road. I tried to thumb a ride but failed. My little boy woke up with a start and began to cry. I【小题3】 (convince) that things might bee worse and nobody would bother to help on such a terrible day.
A few minutes later, 【小题4】 truck drove by, but to my surprise, I saw it 【小题5】 (pull) back and the driver looking directly at us.
A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you, please take 【小题6】 .” He called out.
I stood there 【小题7】 (astonish), barely believing that the man 【小题8】 existence was unknown to me only moments ago, could be so 【小题9】 (consider). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I accepted the offer and expressed my gratitude to him.
This man might have needed the umbrella for himself later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me 【小题10】 it’s possible to give without expecting anything in return. from
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本文叙述了作者带着两个小孩雨天从公共汽车站步行回家得到别人帮助的故事。一辆卡车上的年轻男子将自己的雨伞让给作者，虽然他们互不相识，虽然他自己可能也需要雨伞。由此，作者感慨，还是有人愿意帮助别人而不期待回报。
【小题1】… this would mean a wet walk home… 由于天在下雨，从公共汽车站走回家又没有雨伞，身上一定会被雨淋湿。本题填from. walk home from the bus stop: 从车站步行回家。
【小题2】车站距家仅两个街区，但带着一个4岁一个2岁的小孩、没有雨伞的雨中步行，不是一件愉快的事情。“距离不远”与“不会愉快”之间是让步关系。merely: only. 故本题填though或although或while.
【小题3】be convinced: believe, be sure. 相信。故本题填was convinced.
【小题4】第二段提到：A pick-up truck passed us on the road. 曾有一辆truck从旁经过，几分钟后，“另一辆”truck又从旁经过。故本题填another.
【小题5】看见卡车往回倒车。see sb. doing sth. 后面的looking提示此处填pulling. 现在分词作宾语补足语。
【小题6】here’s an umbrella for you, please take it. 这里有把伞给你，拿去吧。it指代前一句提到的雨伞。故本题填it.
【小题7】因为一个完全陌生的人对自己如此体贴将雨伞让给自己，作者感到“诧异”。故本题填astonished（诧异的），过去分词作状语，表“伴随状态”。
【小题8】“几分钟之前自己还不知道其存在的”陌生人，却对自己如此体贴。whose引导定语从句，并在从句中修饰existence. 故本题填whose.
【小题9】陌生人对自己的“体贴”令作者诧异。故本题填considerate（体贴的）。注意：considerable: 相当地、很大程度上。
【小题10】男子自己也可能需要雨伞，却将雨伞让给了作者。这对作者是一个“教育”：还是有人愿意助人而不求回报。it’s possible to give without expecting anything in return.是lesson的同位语，表示lesson的内容。that引导同位语从句。故本题填that.