It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas．While most people were
36_their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to
_37_early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work．On arrival, he
_38__his bike outside the back door as he usually does．After
_39_10 hours of labor, his returned to find his bike
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The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only tool．Trevor used it to get to
41 , putting in 60-hour weeks to _
_42__his young family．And the bike was also used to get groceries,
43 us from having to walk long distances from where we live．
I was so
44_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
45 to help．One wonderful stranger
46 bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up．
47 my husband had a way to get to and from his job．It really is a (an)
48 that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before．People say that a smile can be
49 from one person to another, but acts of kindness from
50 are even more so．This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it
51 our faith in humanity as a whole．And it has
_52 us to be more mindful of ways that we, too, can
53 with others．No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone
54 ．And the results can be
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| 小题1: | | A．cooling down | B．warming up | C．speeding up | D．slowing down |
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| 小题2: | | A．get up | B．wake up | C．turn up | D．rise up |
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| 小题3: | | A．piled | B．pushed | C．parked | D．paused |
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| 小题4: | | A．putting in | B．putting on | C．putting off | D．putting away |
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| 小题5: | | A．broken | B．robbed | C．hidden | D．gone |
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| 小题6: | | A．study | B．shop | C．work | D．deliver |
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| 小题7: | | A．live | B．support | C．serve | D．protect |
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| 小题8: | | A．getting | B．protecting | C．saving | D．allowing |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprised | B．thrilled | C．puzzled | D．sad |
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| 小题10: | | A．offered | B．supported | C．provided | D．agreed |
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| 小题11: | | A．still | B．finally | C．even | D．yet |
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| 小题12: | | A．Now and then | B．Once in a while | C．Once again | D．Sooner or later |
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| 小题13: | | A．honor | B．pity | C．sympathy | D．respect |
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| 小题14: | | A．thrown | B．passed | C．sent | D．got |
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| 小题15: | | A．friends | B．strangers | C．relatives | D．parents |
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| 小题16: | | A．weakened | B．spread | C．reduced | D．strengthened |
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| 小题17: | | A．moved | B．forced | C．urged | D．influenced |
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| 小题18: | | A．share | B．connect | C．deal | D．work |
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| 小题19: | | A．likes | B．cares | C．worries | D．wonders |
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| 小题20: | | A．short | B．promising | C．permanent | D．temporary |
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