Once a fisherman (渔夫) asked a young man to paint (给……上油漆) his boat. While painting, the young man found a small    1    in the boat. The young man didn’t tell the hole to the fisherman and just fixed it by ___2___. After finishing his work, the young man got his money and then ___3___.

A month later, the fisherman ___4___ in front of the painter’s house. ___5___ the painter’s surprise, the fisherman gave him some money again.

The painter said, “You have already given me the money for painting the boat, sir.”

The fisherman said, “This time, the money is not for painting the boat, but for ___6___ the hole in the boat. I forgot the hole when I asked you to paint the boat. Then, my son took the boat for a fishing trip. After he left, I suddenly remembered the hole and I felt so   7   . I tried to call him,    8    he didn’t answer. Luckily, thanks to your kindness (善举), my son came back  9   . You saved my son’s   10  .”

Sometimes, the smallest act of kindness may mean a lot to other people. So it’s important to be kind and helpful.

1.1.

A picture

B flower

C hole

D basket

解析：选C。后文多次提到 “hole（洞）”，且结合语境，年轻人是在船上发现了一个小 “洞”，而非图片、花或篮子，因此选 C。

2.2.

A itself

B himself

C herself

D myself

解析：选B。by oneself 是固定搭配，意为 “独自地”，句子主语是 the young man，对应的反身代词是 himself，因此选 B。

3.3.

A left

B refused

C answered

D threw

解析：选A。年轻人拿到工钱后应该是 “离开” 了，left 是 leave 的过去式，表离开；refuse（拒绝）、answer（回答）、throw（扔）均不符合语境，因此选 A。

4.4.

A went

B appeared

C hid

D lay

解析：选B。一个月后渔夫 “出现在” 油漆工家门口，appeared（出现）符合语境；went（去）需搭配介词 to，hid（躲藏）、lay（躺）与文意不符，因此选 B。

5.5.

A At

B Of

C For

D To

解析：选D。to one's surprise 是固定短语，意为 “令某人惊讶的是”，是固定搭配，因此选 D。

6.6.

A passing

B finishing

C fixing

D digging

解析：选C。前文提到年轻人独自 “修补” 了船洞，此处渔夫说钱是为了 “修补” 洞，fixing（修补）符合语境；passing（通过）、finishing（完成）、digging（挖）均不贴合，因此选 C。

7.7.

A worried

B tired

C tired

D excited

解析：选A。渔夫想起船上的洞，而儿子已乘船出海，此时他的心情应是 “担忧的”，worried（担忧的）符合；tired（疲惫的）、bored（无聊的）、excited（兴奋的）均不匹配，因此选 A。

8.8.

A so

B but

C or

D because

解析：选B。前半句 “我试图给他打电话” 和后半句 “他没接” 是转折关系，but 表转折，so 表因果，or 表选择，because 表原因，因此选 B。

9.9.

A sadly

B politely

C angrily

D safely

解析：选D。多亏年轻人的善举，渔夫的儿子应该是 “安全地” 回来了，safely（安全地）符合语境；sadly（悲伤地）、politely（礼貌地）、angrily（生气地）均不符合，因此选 D。

10.10.

A life

B work

C fish

D trip

解析：选A。船洞被修补，儿子平安归来，相当于年轻人救了他的 “性命”，life（生命）符合；work（工作）、fish（鱼）、trip（旅行）均不贴合核心语境，因此选 A。