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When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific
event that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless
out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to__
1__. She wanted to help, __
2__she
made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to__
3__and hand out to people. When getting to
the homeless shelter__
4__passed out the remaining meals.__
5__, I began making sandwiches and__
6__
them with the crowd. I had the containers with my__
7__cookies in them and began to__
8__, offering them
to anyone near me. I__
9__an old gentleman and said, "Sir, would you like a cookie? " He stopped and
turned around, __
10__and said, "What did you say? Did you call me sir? " I told him I__
11__, and his
eyes__
12__a little bit and he said, "No one has__
13__called me sir." So he__
14__.
It struck me.
I explained I had been raised that__
15__color and social status, everyone deserved respect.It__
16__
me to think that just because he was homeless, no one__
17__him the honor. It broke my heart, and I
__
18__I just didn't understand__
19__no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was
below me because I wasn't raised that way. Every__
20__person deserves to be treated with dignity.
Years later, I still carry that memory and the lessons it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted
can really make a difference in someone's life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?
( )1. A. participate ( )2. A. however ( )3. A. bring ( )4. A. I ( )5. A. First ( )6. A. shared ( )7. A. classmate's ( )8. A. walk around ( )9. A. went ( )10. A. looked at me rightly ( )11. A. had ( )12. A. watered ( )13. A. already ( )14. A. was completely frightened ( )15. A. in spite of ( )16. A. strengthened ( )17. A. handed ( )18. A. had no choice but to cry ( )19. A. what ( )20. A. single |
B. involve B. but B. fetch B. you B. Next B. gave B. schoolmate's B. knock around B. came B. stared at me with difficulty B. called B. cried B. ever B. was not a little confused B. regardless of B. saddened B. afforded B. couldn't help to cry B. when B. poor |
C. choose C. yet C. collect C. she C. Third C. helped C. sister's C. come around C. approached C. glared at me in anger C. would C. tore C. still C. was completely taken aback C. concerned about C. frightened C. provided C. had no right to cry C. whether C. ordinary |
D. go D. so D. take D. we D. Finally D. assisted D. family's D. stand around D. met D. looked me right in the eye D. do D. dropped D. yet D. was not a bit surprised D. for fear of D. pleased D. supplied D. couldn't help but cry D. why D. normal |