When he got the call that his son was ill in California and not expected to live for long, Bill didn’t know (1)_____he was going to get the money for his wife and himself to make the trip. Bill had worked as a truck driver his entire life, but he never managed to have any (2)______. So with (3)______ Bill walked the mile to the filling station ( 加油站 ) and told the owner, “My son is really sick and I’ve got no cash. Can you trust ( 赊账给 ) me for the phone call to California?” “Pick up the (4)_____ and talk as long as you need to,” was the answer. As he started to dial ( 拨电话号码 ), he was (5)_______ by a stranger, jumping down from the cab ( 驾驶室 )of a truck and asking, “Aren’t you Bill Beasley? Your son was one: of my best friends when we were growing up together. When I went off to college, I lost (6) ______with him. Heard you say he’s sick?” After the call Bill was told that that truck driver had paid for it and left him an (7)______. He opened it and pulled out two pieces of paper. One read, “You were the first truck driver my dad trusted enough to let me go along with.” The second one was a (8)_____ check with an attached (9)_______: “Fill out the amount (10) _______for you and your wife to make the trip. Merry Christmas!”