Michael Greenberg lived in a large, busy city. Every day he walked fast to work and hardly looked at other people in the street.

One ____1____ morning, Michael came out of his house later than usual. He had to ____2____, or he would be late for work. Around the corner, he ran into an old man and the ____3____ fell down. Michael stopped to help him. He noticed that the old man didn’t have warm clothes and his ____4____ were blue with cold! To warm the man’s hands Michael ____5____ his gloves and gave them to the old man. The old man was amazed and he ____6____ Michael. That evening, Michael had no gloves. His hands got very cold. And he noticed some other ____7____ and homeless people with no gloves, too. Michael wanted to ____8____ them, so he went to a store and bought some gloves.

The next morning, he saw a woman with two ____9____ in the street. They all had no gloves. Quickly, he opened his bag and took out some. The woman didn’t have ____10____ for gloves, so she said no. However, Michael still put the gloves on their hands. The gloves were very big for the children, but they were ____11____ with the gloves and expressed their thanks to him. That evening, Michael bought more gloves of different ____12____ — big for adults and smaller for children. The next day he gave them all away. After that, he always had gloves in his bag in winter. The homeless people soon knew Michael well. They called him “ ____13____ ” Greenberg.

And so, for more than 25 years, Michael gave gloves to the poor people in the city. The name Gloves Greenberg became so ____14____ and more people took Michael’s example. A pair of gloves is a small thing, but it can make a ____15____ to the people in the city!

1.1.

A winter

B summer

C spring

D autumn

解析：选A。A 下文出现 gloves（手套）、cold（寒冷），可知是冬天。

2.2.

A wait

B hurry

C call

D stand

解析：选B。B 后文 “or he would be late for work” 否则上班迟到，所以他必须快点，匆忙。

3.3.

A man

B woman

C boy

D girl

解析：选A。A 前面提到 he ran into an old man，撞到老人，所以这个男人摔倒了。

4.4.

A feet

B legs

C hands

D ears

解析：选C。C 后文 “To warm the man’s hands”，老人的手冻得发紫。

5.5.

A took off

B threw away

C put on

D got back

解析：选A。A take off 脱下；throw away 扔掉；put on 穿上；get back 取回。他脱下手套送给老人。

6.6.

A reminded

B refused

C forgot

D thanked

解析：选D。D 老人收到手套很惊讶，向他道谢。

7.7.

A poor

B strong

C famous

D young

解析：选A。A and homeless people，无家可归的穷人，poor 贫穷的。

8.8.

A believe

B teach

C remember

D help

解析：选D。D 他看到穷人没有手套，想要帮助他们，于是去商店买手套。

9.9.

A children

B brothers

C sisters

D friends

解析：选A。A 后文 “The gloves were very big for the children”，女人带着两个孩子。

10.10.

A space

B time

C money

D luck

解析：选C。C 女人没有钱买手套，所以一开始推辞。

11.11.

A patient

B happy

C bored

D careless

解析：选B。B 虽然手套偏大，孩子们拿到手套很开心并向他道谢。

12.12.

A materials

B colors

C sizes

D shapes

解析：选C。C 后文 big for adults and smaller for children，成人款大号、孩子小号，是不同尺寸 size。

13.13.

A Shoes

B Gloves

C Glasses

D Socks

解析：选B。B 全文他送手套，人们叫他 “手套格林伯格”。

14.14.

A long

B strange

C popular

D unknown

解析：选C。C 更多人效仿他，说明这个名字变得广为人知、受欢迎。

15.15.

A sudden change

B new start

C clear mark

D big difference

解析：选D。D 固定搭配 make a big difference 有很大影响。一副手套虽小，却对城市里的人意义重大。