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It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas. While most people were__1__
their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to __2__early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to
work. On arrival, he __3__his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After __4__10 hours of
labor, he returned to find his bike__5__.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only tool. Trevor used it to get to__6__, putting in
60-hour weeks to __7__ his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries, __8__us from
having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so__9__that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our
story. Shortly after that, several people in our area __10__to help. One wonderful stranger__11__
bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up.__12__my husband had a way to get to and from
his job. It really is a (an)__13__that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they
have never met before. People say that a smile can be __14__from one person to another, but acts of
kindness from__15__are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because
it__16__our faith in humanity as a whole. And it has __17__us to be more mindful of ways that we, too,
can __18__with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone
__19__. And the results can be__20__.

(     )1. A. cooling down   (     )2. A. get up     (     )3. A. piled     (     )4. A. putting in   (     )5. A. broken       (     )6. A. study     (     )7. A. live       (     )8. A. getting     (     )9. A. surprised   (     )10.  A. offered   (     )11.  A. still   (     )12.  A. Now and then (     )13.  A. honor     (     )14.  A. thrown     (     )15.  A. friends   (     )16.  A. weakened   (     )17.  A. moved     (     )18.  A. share    (     )19.  A. likes   (     )20.  A. short

B. warming up     B. wake up     B. pushed     B. putting on     B. robbed   B. shop       B. support   B. protecting   B. thrilled   B. supported   B. finally   B. Once in a while B. pity       B. passed     B. strangers   B. spread         B. forced     B. connect   B. cares     B. promising

C. speeding up   C. turn up C. parked   C. putting off   C. hidden   C. work   C. serve   C. saving   C. puzzled C. provided   C. even   C. Once again   C. sympathy   C. sent C. relatives   C. reduced   C. urged   C. deal C. worries   C. permanent

D. slowing down     D. rise up         D. paused           D. putting away     D. gone             D. deliver         D. protect         D. allowing         D. sad             D. agreed           D. yet             D. Sooner or later D. respect         D. got             D. parents         D. strengthened     D. influenced       D. work             D. wonders         D. temporary

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