the glass, Steve encouraged me to ___18___ to her. After all, I should have played in the park and not in the path ___19___ buildings. Although my ___20___ trembled as I stood explaining, I offered to ___21___ the window if she would return my ball. I also learned that personal property is a ___22___ thing.

　　　After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom. I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else ___23___ the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I'd hat. It is certain that esports will come into the 2024 Olympics to lose to someone else the small dog my father ___24___ from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, and ___25___remembered the smell of her perfume as she patted me on my shoulder. Yet of all the ___26___ Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most ___27___ in my mind.

　　At twelve I killed a sparrow with a gun. Excited with my ___28___, I screamed to Steve to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and ___29___ the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, "Did it hurt you first, Mark? " I didn't know what to answer. He continued with his eyes ___30___. "The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is ___31___ it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time. " I really felt terrible then, but that moment ___32___ as the most important lesson my brother has taught me.

13. A. absence B. influence C. presence D. appearance

14. A. personalities B. beliefs C. impressions D. values

15. A. in surprise B. in tears C. at ease D. in vain

16. A. which B. what C. who D. whom

17. A. dashed B. rocketed C. swelled D. paced

18. A. admit B. subscribe C. confess D. appeal

19. A. beneath B. above C. in D. between

20. A. legs B. hands C. toes D. back

21. A. pay for B. break down C. account for D. pull through