What about 53? I choose minutes.

[v0031]

One morning thirty years ago, I walked into the Track Kitchen, a   41    where almost everyone came for breakfast. I saw an   42    chair next to an old short man. He was   43   
a pair of old glasses and a wrinkled(皱巴巴) black hat. “He must be from a poor family.” I thought to   44   . I asked him, “Could I join you, sir?” He agreed quietly and I sat down to have my   45   .
We began a conversion(对话) and talked a lot. But we   46    asked each others’ name. I guessed that he might have no money and couldn’t   47    something to eat. So when I went to the counter(柜台) and buy a   48    cup of coffee, I asked.
“May I get you something?”
“A coffee would be nice.”
Then I bought him a cup of coffee. We talked more, and I got him another cup of coffee.  49   , I got up to leave, wished him well, and walked to the door. At the door, I met one of my friends. He asked.
“How did you get to know Mr. Carpenter?”
“  50   ?”
“The man you were sitting with. He is the CEO of the Channel.”
I could   51    believe it. I was buying a free breakfast   52    one of the richest men in town!
    My few   53    with Mr. Carpenter changed my life. Now I try to treat   54    with respect(尊重), no matter(无论) what he wears. What one has doesn’t depend ¬   55    what he wears.
41. A. mall               B. restaurant           C. hotel             D. cinema
42. A. easy               B. enough             C. empty            D. early
43. A. putting on           B. wearing              C. dressing           D. putting up
44. A. myself             B. himself             C. herself           D. ourselves
45. A. breakfast           B. lunch               C. dinner           D. afternoon tea
46. A. ever               B. even                C. often            D. never
47. A. take               B. make               C. afford           D. keep
48. A. first               B. second              C. third            D. last
49. A. First               B. Next               C. Then            D. Finally
50. A. Who               B. What              C. Why            D. How
51. A. nearly              B. hardly             C. quickly          D. quietly
52. A. to                 B. of                 C. for              D. from
53. A. seconds            B. minutes             C. hours           D. days
54. A. somebody          B. anybody            C. everybody        D. nobody
55. A. in                 B. on                 C. at              D. /

[Dr. MB]

It might be hours.