阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a. m., there was a___41___on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from___42___to toe, explained that he had ___43___out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children___44___at the car and siad that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.

      Once I had ___45___ a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both ___46___, saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he ___47___me back.

      Before leaving, I had turned the heater___48___in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and___49___. While the little ones played and ran___50___, I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the___51___.

      It was about 5 a. m. before they ___52___. The young fellow asked me how much he___53___me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had ___54___$15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

      About a month later, I received a___55___ from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to ___56___ to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It ___57___ out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most ___58___ person in the company.

      In his letter, he thanked me again and ___59___ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this ___60___, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

41. A. kick            B. hit                   
C. beat                  D. knock

42. A. finger          B. shoulder           
C. head                 D. hand

43. A. driven         B. used                
C. come                D. run

44. A. away           B. behind              
C. over                 D. out

45. A. supplied       B. poured             
C. equipped           D. filled

46. A. sleeping       B. crying              
C. quarrelling         D. fighting

47. A. allow           B. ring                 
C. lead                  D. follow

48. A. on               B. off                   
C. in                     D. over

49. A. neat            B. hot                  
C. warm               D. attractive

50. A. around        B. inside               
C. nearby              D. along

51. A. drivers        B. guests              
C. customers         D. adults

52. A. left              B. arrived             
C. ate                    D. disappeared

53. A. gave            B. paid                 
C. owed                D. offered

54. A. appeared      B. exhibited          
C. calculated          D. shown

55. A. call             B. letter                
C. check               D. notice

56. A. get              B. force               
C. requite              D. hope

57. A. pointed        B. turned              
C. worked             D. found

58. A. generous     B. successful        
C. serious              D. powerful

59. A. praised        B. persuaded         
C. informed           D. convinced

60. A. lesson         B. business           
C. aspect               D. case