Passing Your Love On
Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind
36 your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only
37 seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts（石膏绷带）, a black-and-blue face, and a sad
38 . “No way am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I
39 to move to that seat.
The girl was named Kathy. She had been in a car accident and
40 was on her way for
41 .
When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to
42 that Kathy would not be able to
43 herself. I considered
44 to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too
45 to offer a service to a
46 . But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more
47 than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and
48 she was uncomfortable to accept, she
49 as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart had
50 , and the time was really
51 spent than if I had just sat by myself.
I was very glad I had reached
52 my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love
53 flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us
54 . When we stretch to serve another, we grow to live
55 a larger and more rewarding world.
| 小题1: | | A．leaving | B．changing | C．taking | D．giving |
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| 小题2: | | A．comfortable | B．suitable | C．available | D．favorable |
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| 小题3: | | A．heart | B．expression | C．action | D．thought |
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| 小题4: | | A．decided | B．wanted | C．regretted | D．promised |
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| 小题5: | | A．immediately | B．lately | C．recently | D．now |
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| 小题6: | | A．treatment | B．travel | C．pleasure | D．business |
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| 小题7: | | A．know | B．say | C．realize | D．recognize |
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| 小题8: | | A．eat | B．feed | C．choose | D．support |
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| 小题9: | | A．offering | B．needing | C．stopping | D．trying |
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| 小题10: | | A．impolite | B．far | C．close | D．fast |
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| 小题11: | | A．girl | B．neighbor | C．passenger | D．stranger |
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| 小题12: | | A．unusual | B．direct | C．important | D．shameful |
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| 小题13: | | A．when | B．although | C．since | D．as |
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| 小题14: | | A．refused | B．wondered | C．cried | D．did |
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| 小题15: | | A．warmed | B．jumped | C．broken | D．cheered |
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| 小题16: | | A．good | B．worse | C．better | D．bad |
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| 小题17: | | A．below | B．through | C．across | D．beyond |
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| 小题18: | | A．seldom | B．never | C．hardly | D．sometimes |
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| 小题19: | | A．separate | B．independent | C．silent | D．upset |
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