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One day, three people suddenly appeared in a store, taking food off the shelves as fast as they could,
obviously not planning to pay for it. The shop owner
1 the "panic button" and then went over the
counter and
2 the front door. It was
3 that they were homeless, and equally obvious that they
weren't going anywhere with their ill-gotten gains. They
4 the loot (赃物) and simply stood
together - knowing the
5 were on the way.
Imagine what they must have
6 , when they were told they didn't have to steal, if they were that
7 ,
instead of being driven out or told they were headed for
8 . "We have food in the back, expired (过期)
9 still safe to eat, that we plan on
10 to a homeless shelter. If you need food, you can have
some."
They were told to
11 what they had dropped and put it
12 , then asked to clear up the mess
they'd made of the store. They were doing just that when the police
13 . The officers were told the
situation was under
14 and the police were no longer
15 .
This wasn't what they had
16 . They were being treated as human beings who had done something
wrong but could
17 the wrong they'd done.
18 , because they knew that the homeless were never
welcome to use "public restrooms" in private businesses, they quickly followed orders to take turns and
use the restroom to clean up.
Soon three
19 people, standing just a bit taller than before when they came in,
20 out with all the
food their arms could hold. They were reminded that, if they needed to come back again, they were to
ask and not just grab.
( )1. A. saw ( )2. A. opened ( )3. A. obvious ( )4. A. threw ( )5. A. police ( )6. A. forced ( )7. A. excited ( )8. A. home ( )9. A. or ( )10. A. giving ( )11. A. shut up ( )12. A. ahead ( )13. A. reached ( )14. A. control ( )15. A. useful ( )16. A. loved ( )17. A. change ( )18. A. Shocked ( )19. A. stranger ( )20. A. ran |
B. fixed B. closed B. unclear B. dropped B. officials B. understood B. tired B. office B. but B. moving B. cut up B. away B. arrived B. discussion B. enjoyable B. planned B. correct B. Punished B. cleaner B. rushed |
C. hit C. left C. doubtful C. took C. assistants C. felt C. hungry C. shop C. and C. coming C. give up C. down C. stopped C. development C. necessary C. found C. hide C. Worried C. poorer C. moved |
D. found D. locked D. manageable D. crashed D. workers D. delayed D. thirsty D. prison D. so D. losing D. make up D. back D. started D. requirement D. comfortable D. expected D. enlarge D. Misunderstood D. richer D. walked |