I was on my lunch break in the city, enjoying a salad at an outdoor café, when a shabby homeless lady came waking towards me. She was
_36_ everyone who walked past her for spare
_37_ and she looked very dirty. My
_38 reaction was fear and I hoped she wouldn’t come near me, but she did.. I was on the phone and when she
__39_ , I said “ I’m on the phone” in the nicest way I could, telling myself what she needed was a lesson in
_40_. She walked away, mumbling(自言自语), “ I’m
_41_ you. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll leave.” And she turned the corner.
_42_ ,I would feel relieved or satisfied, but something in me couldn’t
_43_ . Without another thought, I looked in my
_44_ for the spare change I had. I even started searching through my entire purse, the pockets, everything for all of the change I could
_45_ find to give. I got up and walked towards this lady and gave her all I
_46_. She held my hand and said, “ Thank you!” Her hand was
47 and dirty, but I didn’t mind
48 her hand. I wanted to be there for her , when normally I would
49 the other way. She looked at me and said, “Will you touch my face?” And for some reason, I did. I put my hand on her cheek and she started to
50 . I could
51 it was as if she had not been touched by a loving, soft hand in ages,
52 . And so I held it there, trying to
53 her with my heart open. It was powerful.
She thanked me and walked away quietly. And I walked away with an open heart, trying to
54 sense of what had just happened. It changed something in me and has made me want to be a
55 person to the people I meet during my day.
| 小题1: | | A．greeting | B．praising | C．applying | D．begging |
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| 小题2: | | A．change | B．room | C．clothes | D．food |
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| 小题3: | | A．usual | B．instant | C．last | D．general |
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| 小题4: | | A．came across | B．came out | C．came over | D．came through |
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| 小题5: | | A．attitude | B．trouble | C．practice | D．manners |
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| 小题6: | | A．calling | B．injuring | C．annoying | D．abusing |
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| 小题7: | | A．Fortunately | B．Normally | C．Immediately | D．Strangely |
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| 小题8: | | A．rest | B．appear | C．enjoy | D．exist |
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| 小题9: | | A．car | B．table | C．wallet | D．seat |
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| 小题10: | | A．necessarily | B．possibly | C．mainly | D．certainly |
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| 小题11: | | A．earned | B．searched | C．found | D．made |
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| 小题12: | | A．soft | B．rough | C．large | D．neat |
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| 小题13: | | A．washing | B．waving | C．wiping | D．holding |
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| 小题15: | | A．cry | B．laugh | C．scream | D．shout |
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| 小题16: | | A．doubt | B．sense | C．determine | D．decide |
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| 小题17: | | A．if necessary | B．if not | C．if so | D．if ever |
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| 小题18: | | A．persuade | B．comfort | C．entertain | D．surround |
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| 小题20: | | A．kinder | B．richer | C．wiser | D．happier |
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