In 1998 I had an experience that had a deep and lasting effect on me. Eric and I were eating lunch at a local soup and salad place,  41  I noticed a woman cleaning the tables nearby. She looked very sad and  42 , as if she’d just been severely  43  by her boss or had gotten some bad news.

Eric and I didn’t have a lot of money at the time― 44  eating this cheap meal was a stretch(滥用)of our budget(预算)―but as we were  45  up to leave, I walked up to this woman,  46  her a $5 bill and said, “I know the work you do is probably not  47 , but I want you to know that we think you’re doing a great job.”

The woman’s facial  48  changed quickly, from sadness to real  49 . She looked me straight in the eye and said, “Thank you very much.” She did her best to  50  back tears but with only partial success. I don’t  51  what else she said to me, but I’ll always remember the look on her face. At that moment we were really connected―human being to human being. I  52 whether it was the $5 that mattered to her―in fact it was the  53  that someone treated her as a real person. Eric and I were both deeply moved by the  54 .

Doing that small service  55  this woman made me forget my own worries. At least temporarily I entered a higher  56  of consciousness, shooting right up to the state of joy. I didn’t  57  that state for long, but I had a  58  experience that made me a different person.

That  59  taught me that even when I’m not in a great place myself, I still have the capacity to have a  60  effect on someone else. I don’t have to do anything unusual―30 seconds to offer a kind word to a stranger is all it takes.

 

41.A.while

B.when

C.since

D.before

42.A.yellow

B.green

C.blue

D.red

43.A.praised

 B.questioned

C.punished

D.encouraged

44.A.even

B.yet

C.still

D.just

45.A.looking

B.sitting

C.going

D.getting

46.A.carried

B.handed

C.sent

D.took

47.A.realized

B.impressed

C.moved

D.appreciated

48.A.expression

B.smile

C.satisfaction

D.disappointment

49.A.independence

B.anger

C.appreciation

D.satisfaction

50.A.hold

B.put

C.pull

D.bring

51.A.mind

B.recall

C.understand

D.consider

52.A.believe

B.think

C.doubt

D.hope

53.A.theory

B.fact

C.expectation

D.dream

54.A.view

B.scenery

C.scene

D.beauty

55.A.with

B.in

C.for

D.on

56.A.case

B.state

C.shape

D.relation

57.A.store

B.hide

C.keep

D.protect

58.A.powerful

B.shameful

C.meaningless

D.careless

59.A.experience

B.question

C.accident

D.matter

60.A.wrong

B.negative

C.positive

D.weak

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