1. (2021八上·温岭竞赛) 完形填空

I live in a city where jobs are difficult to get and finding well-paid jobs is even1. Many people have to walk a long way to work2they can't even afford an old car, used car.

Yesterday I3 one of these people when I was driving home. A man was walking down the road and trying to ask for a4 from the passing cars. Two cars in front of me passed him by. 5 wanted to do the same but the sight of that poor man remained in my mind for quite a moment. 6 I drove back and gave him a ride.

As I drove along, we had a conversation and I7 that the man was trying all his best to support his8 while working at a temporary (临时的) job. Every coin he hac was going to 9the house and food.

But as he came close to the house he was living in, I saw his tired eyes grow10. His little girl was playing in the front yard and11 into her daddy's arms as soon as he was out of the 12. I was almost lost in that happy moment. I smiled, said13 to them and wished them future happiness. Then I 14.

That day, the journey home which used to seem so15 became very short.