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第二部分 完形填空 记叙文 A It was during those hard days in a small community.Food was in short supply.I used to stop by Mr.Miller’s stand for 1 . One particular day,while Mr.Miller was 2 some potatoes for me I noticed a small boy 3 admiring a basket of green peas.Soon I was also 4 to the fresh green peas. The boy left.Mrs.Miller 5 to me and said,“There are two other such boys in our 6 ,all from poor families.Jim always offers to 7 our produce for their marbles(弹珠).He somehow makes them believe he likes red marbles 8 .Sometimes he even sends them home with some peas for 9 .” I left the stand, 10 with this man. Years later,I went back to visit some 11 in that community and while I was there I learned Mr.Miller had died.I agreed to 12 my friends to see Mrs.Miller.Upon our arrival,we offered whatever words of 13 .Ahead of us were three young men.They moved to the casket(棺椁).Mrs.Miller’s eyes followed them 14 each young man placed his own 15 hand over the cold pale hand and then left. Our turn came to meet Mrs.Miller.I told her who I was and mentioned the 16 of the marbles.She said,“Those three young men were the boys.They told me how they 17 Jim’s kindness.” “We’ve never had much 18 ,” she said,“but right now,Jim would consider himself the 19 man.” Then she lifted her husband’s lifeless fingers. 20 beneath the hand were three shining,red marbles! | 
