请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions.
As they went along, they saw 36 in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had 37 finished his day’s work.
The student 38 the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a(n) 39 : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes, and wait to see his 40 when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never 41 ourselves at the expense of the poor. You are 42 , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of helping the poor man. Put a 43 into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the 44 affects him.”
The student did so, 45 they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by.
The poor man soon finished his work, and came 46 the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While 47 his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 48 , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin.
Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face. He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked around 49 on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was 50 on finding the other coin.
His feelings 51 him; he fell upon his 52 , looked up to heaven and let out a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and 53 , and his children without bread, whom the timely giving, from some unknown hand, would save from dying.
The student stood there deeply affected, his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better pleased than if you had played your 54 trick?”
The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the 55 of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
36. A. hanging B. lying C. sitting D. hiding
37. A. nearly B. seemingly C. closely D. equally
38. A. looked back B. referred to C. turned to D. puzzled over
39. A. fun B. amusement C. entertainment D. trick
40. A. opinion B. confusion C. emotion D. enthusiasm
41. A. treat B. dedicate C. amuse D. occupy
42. A. healthy B. kind C. mean D. rich
43. A. coin B. penny C. dollar D. pound
44. A. pleasure B. discovery C. tiredness D. possibility
45. A. and B. but C. thus D. therefore
46. A. around B. across C. into D. toward
47. A. taking on B. looking on C. putting on D. hanging on
48. A. hard B. tight C. soft D. loose
49. A. that B. it C. themselves D. himself
50. A. folded B. accelerated C. doubled D. improved
51. A. mastered B. beat C. betrayed D. overcame
52. A. hands B. knees C. feet D. legs
53. A. beautiful B. merciless C. hopeful D. helpless
54. A. intended B. required C. wanted D. interested
55. A. faith B. fact C. truth D. reliability
36—40 BACDB 41—45 CDABA
46—50 BCADC 51—55 DBDAC
