Two weeks before Christmas, two little girls were walking down the street 1 they saw old Harry, who was on his knees pulling weeds from around a tree. He wore a pair of worn gloves. His fingers were sticking out 2 the ends, blue from the cold. They stopped to talk to him. Harry told them he 3 (get) the yard in shape as a Christmas gift for his mother, who had died several years before. “My mother was all I had. She loved her yard and trees, so I do this for her every Christmas.” His words touched the girls and soon they 4 (join) him, pulling weeds. When they finished, Harry pressed a coin into each of their hands. “I wish I could pay you more, but that's all I’ve got right now,” he said. The girls had often passed his house, and they remembered that it had always been 5 poor condition. No decorations to add cheeriness were anywhere in sight. As they walked on, the coin in one little girl's hand seemed to burn a hole of 6 (guilty). The next day she called her 7 (friend). And all of them agreed to put their coins in a jar marked“Harry's Christmas Gift". Then they began to seek out small jobs to earn more. Every coin they earned went into the jar. Finally, they had enough 8 (buy)new gloves. Christmas Eve found them on Harry's doorstep singing carols. They presented him with the gloves. With 9 (tremble)hands,he held the gloves to his face and wept. No doubt he once again felt 10 love of others as the girls reached out to him.
答案:1.when 2.of 3.was getting / would get 4.joined 5.in 6.guilt 7.friends 8.to buy 9.trembling 10.the