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One day I pulled up to my apartment building and noticed there was a father and daughter _
1_ some
things from a moving truck. Normally I'm shy away from contact with _
2_.That particular day, though,
something was in me; I can't explain _
3_, but I felt like I should just help these people, even _
4_
something as seemingly unimportant as unloading a truck. So I _
5_ and introduced myself, welcomed
them to the town, and asked them to give me a(n) _
6_ to put some proper shoes on. After I had flipflops
(夹趾拖鞋)on, I went over and helped them move all of their _
7_ into the apartment.
After we finished, we talked some and I got to know my new _
8_. It might seem unimportant, but it
seems like people are less _
9_ and friendly to their neighbors these days; I wanted to
10 that, at least
in my small
11 block. So we did talk,and they're from Florida, just like me.
At that
12 time in my life, I was going through a really difficult
13 with my girlfriend of 7 years. I
didn't feel like helping anyone or doing anything
14 , but I figured why not?And I'm glad I did. Also, as
15 would have it, their daughter is my age(college student)and we each had a mutual(相互的)
16 in one another. This developed into a friendship, and in the coming months, probably more.
The
17 was the act itself, though. I got to know my new neighbors and made some new friends in
the
18 . And I felt really good about it. Since then, I've tried
19 my comfort zone to perform other
unplanned acts of
20 . So far, so good.I'd encourage everyone else to do the same!
( )1. A. excited
( )2. A. eagerly
( )3. A. watched
( )4. A. return
( )5. A. calmed
( )6. A. study
( )7. A. before
( )8. A. letters
( )9. A. knowledge
( )10. A. confirmed
( )11. A. pleased
( )12. A. talk about
( )13. A. call
( )14. A. shyly
( )15. A. classify
( )16. A. Careful
( )17. A. exposed
( )18. A. trees
( )19. A. looking into
( )20. A. anxiously |
B. tired
B. aimlessly
B. greeted
B. forget
B. settled
B. weekend
B. when
B. books
B. collection
B. assessed
B. low
B. think of
B. sound
B. bravely
B. collect
B. Dangerous
B. adapted
B. hooks
B. turning over
B. hurriedly |
C. amazed
C. gently
C. delighted
C. ignore
C. chatted
C. vacation
C. after
C. chalks
C. series
C. responded
C. thrilled
C. turn to
C. shout
C. rudely
C. open
C. Patient
C. adjusted
C. gifts
C. giving away
C. delicately |
D. relaxed
D. heavily
D. warned
D. refuse
D. argued
D. lesson
D. because
D. cards
D. bunch
D. explained
D. angry
D. connect with
D. voice
D. sadly
D. arrange
D. Hasty
D. attached
D. tears
D. packing up
D. casually |