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   When I was a boy growing up, we lived across a river from the main road next to a set of rail road tracks. The only way to our house was across a   41  . Our only neighbor, Frankie, lived in a(n)  42  house on the hillside behind our home. His house,   43  , was over a hundred years old.    Frankie was already nearly 80 years old when I was  44   . He was a first generation, Italian immigrant who had never married. He had   45  on the railroad for over 40 years before retiring but still worked hard every day. I would watch him with   46  grow plants on hillsides. Frankie was  47   by today’s standards. He had no electricity or running water and would   48  once a week with water he boiled. I never seemed to   49  the smell when I visited him, though. His   50  remained broken even after all his years in America but somehow I never had any trouble   51   him.    Frankie also  52  me in my spiritual growth. He did this mainly by   53  . He never lectured or taught. He just showed me how to live with honesty, kindness, and goodness. He showed me the joy of nature, the   54  that can come from just sitting outside on a sunny day.    When Frankie   55  , we found he had over 40,000 dollars in the bank, a    56  at that time, from a lifetime of saving. It was sent to his brothers and sisters  57  living in Italy. We often wondered why he hadn’t used it to buy a better home and live more   58   . Looking back now, however, I know the   59  . He had food, shelter, clothes, and warmth both in his house and in his spirit. He   60  nothing more to be happy in his life. 41. A. street                      B. board                      C. map                              D. bridge 42. A. open                       B. empty                     C. old                         D. dark 43. A. in fact                      B. at first                    C. above all                 D. au usual 44. A. employed                 B. born                       C. prepared                 D. educated 45. A. worked                    B. waited                    C. walked                   D. traveled 46. A. delight                      B. amazement              C. regret                    D. patience 47. A. weak                              B. careless                  C. poor                       D. smelly 48. A. dive                         B. swim                      C. bathe                      D. practice 49. A. mind                        B. bear                        C. have                       D. take 50. A. heart                        B. English                   C. life                         D. time 51. A. understanding           B. finding                    C. believing                 D. improving 52. A. served                      B. guided                    C. held                        D. accepted 53. A. nature                      B. choice                    C. order                      D. example 54. A. courage                    B. wealth                    C. peace                     D. strength 55. A. failed                              B. returned                  C. settled                    D. died 56. A. record                      B. secret                     C. fortune                   D. success 57. A. still                          B. also                        C. again                      D. often 58. A. actively                    B. comfortably            C. safely                     D. quietly 59. A. method                    B. process                   C. chance                   D. answer 60. A. managed                  B. changed                  C. needed                   D. explained 答案：41-45DCABA   46-50BDCAB   51-55ABDCD 56-60CABDC

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