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I was doing some cleaning and my kids were helping.Suddenly, I found a small box with a __1__
inside.I looked at it and was immediately __2__ to another time.
In 1991, I spent five months in Niger, an African country.There were many things I found __3__
about this place-the terrible climate and beggars who noisily shouted "Cadeau!Cadeau!"It means a gift.
But something even __4__ happened.One day, a friend and I __5__ neighboring Burkina Faso.
Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina, we began to unload (卸下) our luggage.However, out of
the darkness, a motorbike with two men __6__ slowly, and without warning, one of the men  __7__ my
package as the motorbike came close by.Within seconds, the pair were out of sight, swallowed up by
the __8__.In the bag there was my passport, money, an airline ticket and some other things.I was in
deep __9__.In the weeks that followed, I protected the rest of my valuables and disbelieved in all
__10__.
All I wanted was to leave this place.Another day, I was stopped by an old woman."Cadeau!
Cadeau!"she cried.I'd had enough!I told her __11__, "I have no money.Two thieves took away all
my money and how I can't get out of your country."The beggar listened carefully and __12__ my
words.
"Then I will give you a cadeau, "she said.Kindly, she __13__ an old brown coin in my hand.I
looked at it in shock.Although living in poorness, she was still able to give me something that was
__14__ to her!I saw then the __15__ beauty of the people of Burkina Faso and appreciated deeply
the quiet dignity (尊严) of the poor.With one small coin, she turned my thought upside down.

(     )1. A. coin         (     )2. A. welcomed (     )3. A. difficult (     )4. A. luckier   (     )5. A. headed for   (     )6. A. continued   (     )7. A. seized (     )8. A. sunshine (     )9. A. debt   (     )10. A. plans   (     )11. A. confidently (     )12. A. repeated   (     )13. A. threw (     )14. A. useless (     )15. A. uncertain

B. stone           B. transported     B. cruel           B. stranger         B. talked about     B. failed           B. broke           B. motorbike       B. love             B. friends         B. kindly           B. used             B. put             B. beautiful       B. unimpressed

C. camera   C. exchanged C. curious C. happier C. searched for   C. approached C. borrowed   C. driver C. trouble   C. men C. angrily   C. considered C. made   C. familiar   C. unreal

D. ticket           D. expected         D. enough           D. worse           D. looked around   D. dropped         D. fixed           D. night           D. thought         D. locals           D. hopefully       D. changed         D. discovered       D. precious         D. unexpected

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