The weather was cold. I drove down long narrow road with Boris, my old high school friend. He was very outgoing and treated everybody ____16____, no conditions added.
After graduation, I went into the Navy, and gradually lost ____17____ with him. Ten years later saw a man that ____18____ Boris. But he was blind in one eye. I said hello and introduced myself. I could ____19____ he could not see me ____20____ he turned the opposite way. Then I said that again. He answered ____21____, “I don’t know you and you don’t need to ____22____ who I am. Don’t ____23____me and leave me alone.” I did not ____24____ what I was hearing because he used to be very kind and _____25_____ person.
It’s apparent that he didn’t _____26_____ anyone. He must have had a hard time since he left school or someone might have _____27_____ him. So I immediately _____28_____ I would not be one of those people. Then he told me he became blind while helping someone. But nobody showed any _____29_____ toward him and even laughed at him a lot. I told him that I would always be his friend. _____30_____ he put down everything in the heart and chose to forgive others since he didn’t live better with hatred. This is going to be a reunion and a new _____31_____.
I believe that love and kindness conquer all. Ever since I was little, my parents told me even though people are _____32_____ sometimes, the best way to deal with that is kindness. I believe if we had not shown our _____33_____ toward these people, that would _____34_____ both sides in the end. _____35_____ if we stuck to our hatred and lived in the shadow of it, we would never enjoy a happy life.
16. A. nicely B. equally C. seriously D. patiently
17. A. favor B. contract C. touch D. friendship
18. A. appeared B. resembled C. impressed D. reflected
19. A. guess B. tell C. receive D. admit
20. A. because B. so C. but D. before
21. A. coldly B. slowly C. eventually D. reluctantly
22. A. compare B. care C. notice D. expect
23. A. judge B. tease C. ignore D. bother
24. A. understand B. believe C. mind D. know
25. A. warm B. fair C. encouraging D. outstanding
26. A. trust B. choose C. know D. help
27. A. abandoned B. hurt C. cheated D. doubted
28. A. warned B. acknowledged C. guaranteed D. suggested
29. A. responsibility B. attention C. kindness D. caution
30. A. Really B. Recently C. Immediately D. Finally
31. A. shape B. settlement C. signal D. beginning
32. A. absurd B. greedy C. mean D. narrow-minded
33. A. sadness B. hatred C. disappointment D. cruelty
34. A. benefit B. enjoy C. forgive D. move
35. A. Besides B. Otherwise C. However D. Therefore