Marie was a single mother of two children in the county of Missouri. She worked full-time during the day and sold handmade leather gifts on weekends. She 16 devoted much spare time in her and her neighbouring community charities to 17 others.

    Then one day Marie received some 18 news from her doctor. She had cancer,and it was 19 rapidly. Her life was so hard that she could not 20 to put a cent in the medical treatments she would need. She decided to let her 21 alone and put her future to God.

    But soon,Marie learned a fact: 22 she was not financially wealthy,she already had the most valuable 23 in the world. Many people she had 24 in caring ways offered help and money to Marie. Hundreds in her community and 25 areas teamed up to help her and her family. She did not 26 the disease. However,she lived long enough to feel the 27 of those she had cheerfully served. She died calmly as she knew a couple had 28 to take care of her children.

   The spirits of love and gratitude (感激,谢意) increase rapidly when they are 29 among people. Happiness is the 30 of sharing love and gratitude. Giving 31 was a belief that Marie carried out all her life,and her spirit of giving still 32 after she died in those who knew and loved her.

    All her life,Marie had shown the truth of this simple 33 : happiness will not come from worldly possessions or wealth. 34 , it is an attitude that comes from appreciating what we already have. We can find the happiness we 35 all the time if we first share it with others. Then—and only then—we will have the most val-uable possessions on earth:love,happiness,and increasing gratitude.

16. A. even   B. still   C. also   D. already

17. A. greeting   B. teaching

   C. challenging   D. helping

18. A. encouraging   B. shocking

   C. amazing   D. attracting

19. A. disappearing   B. spreading

   C. decreasing   D. producing

20. A. afford   B. dare   C. decide   D. offer

21. A. children   B. career

   C. disease   D. charity

22. A. because   B. before

   C. if   D. although

23. A. possessions   B. knowledge

   C. gifts   D. information

24. A. met   B. remembered

   C. visited   D. moved

25. A. foreign   B. faraway

   C. surrounding   D. rural

26. A. survive   B. cure

   C. develop   D. understand

27. A. respect   B. love

   C. sympathy   D. support

28. A. hoped   B. planned

   C. expected   D. promised

29. A. shared   B. noticed

   C. mentioned   D. received

30. A. fact   B. result

   C. relationship   D. effort

31. A. properly   B. willingly

   C. completely   D. unselfishly

32. A. changed   B. rose

   C. lived   D. happened

33. A. principle   B. message

   C. lesson   D. experience

34. A. Meanwhile   B. Instead

   C. Therefore   D. Nevertheless

35. A. seek   B. lack   C. waste   D. choose

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