I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item. The item she had
36 was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a
37 one. The lady
38 to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID
39 the deal could not take place.
I went to the
40 with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started
41 her of asking the first
42 person she saw to help her. Although that was
43 , I didn’t understand why it
44 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to
45 an ID in this country.
Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no
46 to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not
47 she purchased the item.
“
48 I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be
49 the privilege — as I have proof from the past.” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he
50 to exchange the item.
There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I
51 when the woman asked for my help, but
52 in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid 53 do I actually have?” I had none, so I helped her.
The second lesson is not to judge a book by its
54 . The woman looked poor, but she
55 _ the same treatment as anyone else does.
| 小题1: | | A．purchased | B．shown | C．lost | D．mended |
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| 小题2: | | A．same | B．popular | C．similar | D．different |
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| 小题3: | | A．managed | B．wanted | C．refused | D．promised |
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| 小题5: | | A．counter | B．department | C．market | D．window |
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| 小题6: | | A．warning | B．informing | C．reminding | D．accusing |
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| 小题7: | | A．fair | B．familiar | C．impossible | D．random |
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| 小题8: | | A．wrong | B．true | C．reasonable | D．meaningful |
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| 小题9: | | A．mattered | B．happened | C．passed | D．worked |
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| 小题10: | | A．leave | B．pay | C．find | D．obtain |
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| 小题11: | | A．request | B．place | C．way | D．need |
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| 小题12: | | A．answer | B．prove | C．support | D．admit |
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| 小题13: | | A．Unless | B．And | C．Instead | D．If |
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| 小题14: | | A．ordered | B．asked | C．denied | D．given |
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| 小题15: | | A．agreed | B．prepared | C．failed | D．remembered |
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| 小题16: | | A．struggled | B．wondered | C．hesitated | D．nodded |
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| 小题17: | | A．totally | B．gradually | C．hardly | D．quickly |
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| 小题18: | | A．feelings | B．goals | C．reasons | D．ideas |
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| 小题19: | | A．design | B．cover | C．content | D．price |
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| 小题20: | | A．deserved | B．required | C．received | D．appreciated |
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