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I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and some homeless people wander around. I often gave money to
them, feeling
1 for their bad luck. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge debt. As a result, I
2 giving and became very
3 .
Things started to
4 for me. Again I had a home, and plenty of food, and I started to
5 myself out
of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the
6 , "Will work for food." I
7 . My daughter said, "Mommy, you
8 to give to those people in
9 .'' I replied, "Honey, they just use that money for
alcohol (酒) or other
10 things." She didn't respond. But when I said that, it didn't feel right.
Three days later, I was driving to
11 my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and
something deep
12 me said, "Just help him."
13 I rolled down my window, and he ran over happily,
saying "God bless you, I only need 77 cents." I
14 into my pocket and strangely enough, there sat three
quarters and two pennies.
I scooped(抓起)it up and gave it to him. He
15 tears in his
16 , "Wow, you just made it
17 for me
to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you; the bus that had this great sale is
18 in 20 minutes!" It was a
moment I'll never forget. I think that man won't forget it either,
19 I was the one who got the best
20 in
life - GIVING.
( )1. A. pleased ( )2. A. stopped ( )3. A. upset ( )4. A. reform ( )5. A. pull ( )6. A. mark ( )7. A. passed by ( )8. A. expected ( )9. A. shock ( )10.A. curious ( )11.A. meet ( )12.A. beside ( )13.A. Thus ( )14.A. climbed ( )15.A. turned around ( )16.A. eyes ( )17.A. necessary ( )18.A. taking ( )19.A. so ( )20.A. award |
B. sorry B. refused B. disappointed B. reward B. push B. symbol B. gave in B. tried B. happiness B. bad B. look B. inside B. Or B. jumped B. broke down B. face B. possible B. operating B. or B. message |
C. nervous C. considered C. satisfied C. end C. persuade C. sign C. stood up C. promised C. comfort C. exciting C. find C. behind C. However C. saw C. burst into C. nose C. important C. leaving C. and C. gift |
D. amazed D. continued D. happy D. change D. concern D. sentence D. held on D. used D. need D. anxious D. notice D. above D. besides D. reached D. spoke up D. mouth D. nice D. driving D. nor D. lesson |