As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents in Texas. And every few summers, we’d __16__ the caravan (旅游团队), a group of Airstream trailer owners who __17__ together around the U.S. and Canada． I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked __18__ to these travels. On one particular __ 19__ ，I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the backseat. My grandfather was __20__ . And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the __21__. At that age, I’d take any excuse to make estimates(估计) and do minor __22__．At any rate, I decided to do the math for my __23__. I estimated the number of  cigarettes per days, estimated the number of __24__ per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I’d come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head  into the __25__ of the car, tapped my grandmother __26__ the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed, “At two minutes per puff, you've taken nine years off your __27__!” Because the ad said, every puff of a cigarette takes some  number of minutes __28__ smoker’s life． I expected to be applauded for my __29__ and arithmetic skills. That’s not what happened．__30__, my grandmother burst into __31__. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. My grandfather was a highly intelligent, __32__ man. He had never said a harsh word to me. He pulled __33__ onto the shoulder of the highway. He stopped and got out of the car, __34__ me, and after a bit of silence，he gently and __35__ said, “Jeff, one day you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.” 小题1: A．take B．join C．attend D．visit 小题2: A．work B．study C．travel D．explore 小题3: A．forward B．backward C．toward D．upward 小题4: A．holiday B．research C．trip D．return 小题5: A．talking B．reading C．training D．driving 小题6: A．scene B．smell C．band D．type 小题7: A．arithmetic(算数) B．question C．game D．problem 小题8: A．grandfather B．grandmother C．visitor D．car 小题9: A．cases B．smokes C．kinds D．puffs(烟头) 小题10: A．window B．seat C．back D．front 小题11: A．at B．in C．on D．under 小题12: A．tour B．life C．distance D．date 小题13: A．away B．from C．with D．off 小题14: A．cleverness B．coolness C．happiness D．ability 小题15: A．Eventually B．Instead C．Unfortunately D．Though 小题16: A．words B．laughters C．tears D．screams 小题17: A．stubborn B．determined C．lonely D．quiet 小题18: A．over B．in C．away D．up 小题19: A．noticed B．looked C．glared D．glanced 小题20: A．angrily B．excitedly C．calmly D．coldly