Many winters ago I was working at a college when a homeless woman came in wearing only thin clothes. She started
as she sat down on a sofa in the student public room . Clearly, she wasn't well. Without
too much about it, I went to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find
. in the "Lost and Found" box. I gathered her up all clothes and made my way
. A co-worker told me I should not help this person.
it would only lead to her wanting
help. I ignored(忽视) her and carried on,
the warnings.
Two weeks later a lovely elderly man came to my
and asked to speak with me in private.
, I gave him my full attention. He went on to tell me that he had overheard (无意听到) the
with the co-worker about helping the
woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people, and that was
he wanted to give me a check for $1000! I
tears, because I really needed the money at the time, but also because I had
been recognized in such a way
helping someone! We became good friends and, twenty years later, he called me up
and told me he wanted to help me
my first home! He gave me$ 120,000 to buy my dream house in my home town.
I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large
. and he said it was because I was a "giver" and that I deserved(应得) it. I was able to
the perfect little home for me, all because one day I
a homeless woman without besitation .
| 小题1: | | A．crying | B．coughing | C．drinking | D．working |
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| 小题2: | | A．worrying | B．joking | C．talking | D．thinking |
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| 小题3: | | A．clothes | B．keys | C．bags | D．coins |
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| 小题4: | | A．out | B．forward | C．back | D．through |
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| 小题6: | | A．little | B．less | C．much | D．more |
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| 小题7: | | A．in spite of | B．in face of | C．in charge of | D．in place of |
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| 小题8: | | A．home | B．bank | C．office | D．classroom |
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| 小题9: | | A．Curious | B．Worrying | C．Dangerous | D．Puzzling |
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| 小题10: | | A．quarrel | B．discussion | C．agreement | D．conversation |
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| 小题11: | | A．hungry | B．sick | C．kind | D．boring |
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| 小题13: | | A．burst into | B．held back | C．broke out | D．rolled down |
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| 小题14: | | A．yet | B．still | C．already | D．never |
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| 小题16: | | A．hopelessly | B．carelessly | C．unexpectedly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题18: | | A．gift | B．effort | C．home | D．friendship |
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| 小题20: | | A．found | B．helped | C．adopted | D．raised |
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