Tom Smith was a writer. He wrote detective stories __21__ magazines. O

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it more than he did. After __24__ left, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Just then, an old man came and said, "Young man, I __25__ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?"

19.Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then. Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening. The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening." The paper was burnt. 选项： A:T B:F

20.By the time he came over and sat beside me, the waiter had brought his invariable bottle of ale. I had not seen him for several months, but he seemed as indestructible as ever. "Well, young man," he said without preliminary, "what's troubling you?".

21.Passage Five Tom had once worked in a city ofice in London, but now he is out of work. He had a large family to support, so he ofen found himsef in difculty. He ofen visited Mr. White on Sundays , told him about his troubles , and asked for two or three pounds. Mr. White, a man with a kind heart, found it difcult to refuse the money , though he himself was poor. Tom had already received more than thirty pounds from Mr. White, but he always seemed to be in need of some more. One day, after tlling Mr. White a long story of his troubles , Tom asked for five pounds. Mr. White had heard this sort of thing before, but he listened patiently to the end. Then he said ,“I understand your difculties, Tom.I' d like to help you. But I' m not going to give you five pounds this time. I'll lend you the money, and you can pay me off next time you see me.” Tom took the money , but he never appeared again. 52. Tom was now in difficulties becauise he . 选项： A:worked in a city office and was poorly paid B:was poorly paid and had a large family to support C:was poorly paid and always spent money carelessly D:was out of work and had a large family to support