my father pacing the sidewalk. I rushed over to him.

　　“Leave me alone! ” he shouted.

　　Mother said，“Your father is struggling with an ethical (道德的）problem. The car may not be ours.

　　I shouted,“It was announced over the loudspeaker!”

　　She explained that my father had asked his boss Jim Kendrick if he wanted to buy a ticket. Jim had mumbled (咕咕）"Why not?” and turned back to what he was doing. It may never have crossed hi mind again. Dad then bought two tickets 348 and 349 in his own name with his own money , marking 348 for Kendrick. The winning number was 348.

　　I could not understand, Jim was a multimillionaire. He owned a dozen

　　cars. Another

　　car

　　meant little to him.

　　At last we heard Dad's step. He went straight to Ihe phone and dialed.

　　The next afternoon Jim's two drivers arrived and they presented Dad with a box of cigars

　　before driving the Quick away.

　　We didn't get a car until I was grown： After that y mother's words took on a new mean- ing. Looking back over the years，I know now we were never richer than we were at the moment when Dad made hat telephone call.

　　24. What made the writer feel shameful?

　　A. Having no car.

　　B. The poor family.

　　C. The ill relatives.

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