【题目】A young girl is smiling at me from a picture frame on my desk as I write this. She is my child I __ sponsored(资助) from the Philippines. Even though I have never met her in person, she has found a __ place in my heart. It doesn't __ me much to help her, about a dollar a day. __, millions of people in this world live on less. The __ that helping her gives me, however, is beyond __ . It connects me to her, to life, __ to love.
I can still __ the first time that I decided to help a child overseas. It was many years ago. I was only a teenager myself and had a little extra __ each month. I didn't feel like __ anything, though. We had __ everything we had in a house fire a few years before. __ that had taught me a lot. I had learned that I didn’t need a lot of “stuff" to be __. I had also read a lot about the __ of children in poor countries around the world. It seemed like a far better thing then to give what I could to help them. With my Mom's love and __, I soon found a few organizations like Children International that were __ others around the world. It felt so good being able to reach out and help another __ . It felt so good being able to make even one life better. I could feel the compassion and __ growing within me and beginning to change me.
Empathy(同情)does change us. It helps us to __, to be kind, and to make this world a __ place.
【1】A. even B. once C. still D. seldom
【2】A. special B. proper C. necessary D. possible
【3】A. matter B. waste C. cost D. save
【4】A. Therefore B. Besides C. Otherwise D. However
【5】A. wealth B. anxiety C. challenge D. joy
【6】A. imagination B. complaint C. price D. reach
【7】A. but B. and C. so D. or
【8】A. remember B. doubt C. admit D. realize
【9】A. money B. time C. energy D. labor
【10】A. doing B. buying C. facing D. missing
【11】A. stored B. found C. lost D. searched
【12】A. Putting aside B. Taking on C. Paying for D. Going through
【13】A. happy B. relaxed C. energetic D. positive
【14】A. education B. suffering C. tale D. anger
【15】A. courage B. belief C. support D. faith
【16】A. treating B. praising C. honoring D. serving
【17】A. in need B. in peace C. in fear D. in silence
【18】A. relief B. empathy C. ease D. guilty
【19】A. donate B. think C. love D. study
【20】A. bigger B. safer C. smaller D. better