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Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn't working that summer and was __1__ only two classes in summer school, so I had some free time.       Three nights a week, I __2__ in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and __3__ for 45 people hot meals with vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people __4__ this good food because many of them usually didn't eat well.      I __5__ this volunteer work, making __6__ with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student, like me.      I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories __7__ me with sympathy. Some of them had __8__ with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad __9__. One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and  then she lost her job. She wanted to look for a __10__ job, but couldn't find one, for she was too __11__. She could do nothing but sell her furniture-sofas, chairs, and tables so that she could pay for her food. The woman __12__ on job hunting, but she __13__ couldn't find one.   She had no money for her __14__ and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, __15__,  and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

(     )1. A. studying       (     )2. A. helped         (     )3. A. ordered         (     )4. A. appealed       (     )5. A. wanted         (     )6. A. decisions       (     )7. A. struck         (     )8. A. habits         (     )9. A. luck           (     )10. A. challenging   (     )11. A. old           (     )12. A. went           (     )13. A. partly         (     )14. A. block         (     )15. A. afraid         B. planning   B. raised     B. bought     B. required   B. had       B. wishes     B. filled     B. hardships B. pain       B. delicate   B. poor       B. moved     B. still     B. cottage   B. unbearable C. holding       C. appeared     C. cooked       C. collected     C. owned         C. friends       C. deposited     C. difficulties C. experience   C. skilled       C. sick         C. came         C. almost       C. building     C. dull         D. taking           D. washed           D. accomplished     D. requested       D. enjoyed         D. amateurs         D. provided         D. problems         D. loss             D. new             D. dishonest       D. worked           D. extremely       D. flat             D. awkward

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