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Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating (毁灭性的) tragedies in American history. Since
our
1 was given prominent media exposure, we
2 thousands of calls per day.
I spoke with countless victims who were trying to locate family members lost in the flood. They all
needed
3 with housing, food and clothing. It took weeks
4 federal assistance was available to the
majority. Some received none.
5 we were there to help, the trauma(心灵创伤) made some callers rude. Some were
6 . Some
were suicidal(有自杀倾向的). It was hard to stay
7 and encouraging. Just at that time, I got a call
from Brenda.
Brenda was a single woman
8 her early fifties with no children. She was all alone and had been
living in a crowded
9 in Houston for the past month. She said, "I've heard that my house was still
10 and at this point, the hardest part of all of this, though, is seeing the
11 suffer. The young tend
to recover easily,
12 many of the elderly have no other resources."
Brenda was hit hard but her heart still overflowed with
13 for others.
"I know that recovery lies ahead," she continued. "I
14 that if we were the ones chosen to endure
(忍受) this
15 , then God will give us the grace to endure. The
16 of our city has given birth to a
spirit of unity."
"My hope isn't
17 on my circumstances," she continued. "My hope is based on my
18 to hope.
Hope is a choice."
The only thing Brenda could
19 was her attitude. She made a decision to thrive(茁壮成长), not
just
20 .
( )1. A. airline ( )2. A. devoted ( )3. A. acceptance ( )4. A. when ( )5. A. Even though ( )6. A. impatient ( )7. A. unconcerned ( )8. A. in ( )9. A. street ( )10. A. underworld ( )11. A. wounded ( )12. A. and ( )13. A. instruction ( )14. A. doubt ( )15. A. friendship ( )16. A. population ( )17. A. based ( )18. A. decision ( )19. A. appear ( )20. A. leave |
B. hotline B. dealt B. attendance B. while B. As though B. patient B. angry B. at B. road B. underground B. elderly B. or B. description B. wonder B. scholarship B. development B. lay B. opinion B. change B. accept |
C. office C. handled C. appearance C. before C. Therefore C. moved C. positive C. for C. church C. undersea C. young C. but C. compassion C. wander C. membership C. destruction C. seated C. idea C. experience C. defeat |
D. website D. offered D. assistance D. after D. However D. delighted D. pessimistic D. by D. shelter D. underwater D. poor D. so D. addiction D. believe D. hardship D. story D. affected D. mind D. solve D. survive |