初中英语牛津译林版八年级下册Unit 8 A green world 单元课时随堂练习 Reading Ⅱ

—Yes. I think I shouldn't always ________ my parents because I've grown up.

— Yes, she sets us a good example. Hard work always_______________.

—________

When I was 18, I was working in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty.1, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left.

I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but 2  stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself3Gordon. He said that4 he couldn't give me a lift(便车), I could come to his restaurant near there for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be5 . After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.

Twenty­-five years later, while I was6to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the hot weather, trying to hitch(搭便车)a ride. I thought it was a(n)  7to repay someone for the help I'd got many years earlier. I pulled over and8  him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.

After a few minutes of small talk, the man said to me, "You haven't9  a bit, even your red hair is still the same."

I couldn't remember where I'd met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a  10all those years ago. It was Gordon.