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Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep
at night. I wasn't working that summer and was __
1__ only two classes in summer school, so I had
some __
2__ time.
Three nights a week, I __
3__ in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We
planned and __
4__ for 45 people hot meals __
5__ vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless
people __
6__ this good food because many of them usually didn't eat well.
I __
7__ this volunteer work, making __
8__ with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very
nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student,
__
9__ me.
I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories __
10__ me with sympathy.
Some of them had __
11__ with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad __
12__. One woman
worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and __
23__ she lost her job. She wanted to look
for a __
14__ job, but couldn't find one, for she was too __
15__. She could do nothing but sell her
furniture-sofas, chairs, and tables __
16__ she could pay for her food. The woman __
17__ on job
hunting, but she __
18__ couldn't find one. She had no money for her __
19__ and had to sleep in her
car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, __
20__, and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.
( )1. A. studying ( )2. A. short ( )3. A. helped ( )4. A. ordered ( )5. A. with ( )6. A. appealed ( )7. A. wanted ( )8. A. decisions ( )9. A. as ( )10. A. struck ( )11. A. habits ( )12. A. luck ( )13. A. so ( )14. A. challenging ( )15. A. old ( )16. A. for fear ( )17. A. went ( )18. A. partly ( )19. A. block ( )20. A. afraid |
B. planning B. free B. raised B. bought B. from B. required B. had B. wishes B. like B. filled B. hardships B. pain B. again B. delicate B. poor B. now that B. moved B. still B. cottage B. unbearable |
C. holding C. extra C. appeared C. cooked C. beyond C. collected C. owned C. friends C. except C. deposited C. difficulties C. experience C. then C. skilled C. sick C. so that C. came C. almost C. building C. dull |
D. taking D. long D. washed D. accomplished D. along D. requested D. enjoyed D. amateurs D. besides D. provided D. problems D. loss D. thus D. new D. dishonest D. in case D. worked D. extremely D. flat D. awkward |