The day was Thankful Thursday, our “ regular day” of service. It’s a __36__tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. On this __37__ Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do.
__38__ along a busy road, we prayed for guidance in search of __39__our weekly Act of Kindness. My girls were__40__, and started shouting “ McDonald’s” . Suddenly I realized that almost every crossing I__41__ was occupied by a beggar, and then it hit me! All these beggars must be hungry. Perfect! We were going to buy__42__for them.
It was a great way to__43__. The Act of Kindness was anonymous(匿名的)，and we loved what we saw in the back view mirror: a__44__and delighted person holding up his lunch bag and just looking at us__45__we drove off.
We had come to the end of our “ route” where there was a small woman standing there, asking for__46__. We handed her our final lunch bag, and then made a U-turn to head back in the opposite direction for home. Unfortunately, the light stopped us. I was __47__and didn’t know quite how to behave.
“No one has ever done anything like this for me before,” the woman said with__48__. I replied, “Well, I’m glad that we were the first one.”__49__ uneasy , and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, when do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”
“Oh honey, I’m not going to__50__this lunch.” I was confused , and she continued , “I have a little girl of my own at home and she just __51__ McDonald’s , but I can never buy it for her because I just don’t have the __52__ . You know what… tonight she is going to have McDonald’s !”
So many times I had__53__whether our Acts of Kindness were too small or insignificant to really__54__any difference . Yet in that moment, I recognized the__55__of Mother Teresa’s words, “We cannot do great things---only small things with great love.”

The day was Thankful Thursday, our “ regular day” of service. It’s a __36__tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. On this __37__ Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do.

__38__ along a busy road, we prayed for guidance in search of __39__our weekly Act of Kindness. My girls were__40__, and started shouting “ McDonald’s” . Suddenly I realized that almost every crossing I__41__ was occupied by a beggar, and then it hit me! All these beggars must be hungry. Perfect! We were going to buy__42__for them.

It was a great way to__43__. The Act of Kindness was anonymous(匿名的)，and we loved what we saw in the back view mirror: a__44__and delighted person holding up his lunch bag and just looking at us__45__we drove off.

We had come to the end of our “ route” where there was a small woman standing there, asking for__46__. We handed her our final lunch bag, and then made a U-turn to head back in the opposite direction for home. Unfortunately, the light stopped us. I was __47__and didn’t know quite how to behave.

“No one has ever done anything like this for me before,” the woman said with__48__. I replied, “Well, I’m glad that we were the first one.”__49__ uneasy , and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, when do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”

“Oh honey, I’m not going to__50__this lunch.” I was confused , and she continued , “I have a little girl of my own at home and she just __51__ McDonald’s , but I can never buy it for her because I just don’t have the __52__ . You know what… tonight she is going to have McDonald’s !”

So many times I had__53__whether our Acts of Kindness were too small or insignificant to really__54__any difference . Yet in that moment, I recognized the__55__of Mother Teresa’s words, “We cannot do great things---only small things with great love.”

Hi, Daisy,
I am wandering why you haven’t showed up online for such a long time. 
I’m sorry to know that your mother is ______（严重地）       【小题1】___________
ill in hospital. ______________ is no doubt that this affects          【小题2】___________
your life greatly. I understand ____________ you are feeling           【小题3】________
at the moment and I truly wish that I could be _____ any help.         【小题4】_____
Life can be hard at times. We had no c______ but to meet it.            【小题5】______
No matter what h_________, you need to remain optimistic               【小题6】______
and t_______________ what you can to help your parents.            【小题7】______
It is by meeting ___________(困难) and overcoming them         【小题8】_____
that one learns how to survive. Besides, be k_____ to yourself.            【小题9】_________
I believe your mother will be all right ___________ long.              【小题10】_____
Hope we can talk soon.

The day was Thankful Thursday. It's a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive contribution. On this particular Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do. At noon, I drove to a McDonald’s with my daughters because they kept complaining that they hadn’t had enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some homeless people in the street and we bought lunch for them.

We were about to complete when we found a small woman standing at the corner, asking for change. We handed her some food, and then started to head home. Suddenly from the mirror of the car, I saw the woman waving at us, so I had to turn around and stopped where the small woman stood. She walked to our car, and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done anything like this for me before." I replied, "Well, I'm glad that we were the first." Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, "So, when do you think you'll eat your lunch?"

    She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I'm not going to eat this lunch." I was confused, but before I could say anything, she continued. "You see, I have a little girl of my own at home and she just loves McDonald's, but I can never buy it for her because I just don't have the money. But you know what…tonight she is going to have McDonald's!"

    I don't know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our Acts of Kindness were too small to have effect on those poor people. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa's words: "We cannot do great things — only small things with great love."

1.

 According to this passage, the small woman was ______.

A. too happy to stand at the corner       

B. too eager to ask for more food

C. too poor to buy McDonald’s             

D. too busy to care for her daughter

2.

What can we know from the passage?

A. The author finally realized what she did was of use to the poor.

B. The author would stop doing her acts of kindness to the poor.

    C. The author’s daughters found their mother cried at the end of the day.

    D. The author’s daughters would make friends with the woman’s daughter.

3.

What would be the best title of the passage?

A. No Pains No Gains                           

B. No Pleasure Without Pain

C. No Small Act of Kindness                

D. No Sweet Without Sweat

Hi, Daisy,

I am wandering why you haven’t showed up online for such a long time. 

I’m sorry to know that your mother is ______（严重地）       1.___________

ill in hospital. ______________ is no doubt that this affects          2.___________

your life greatly. I understand ____________ you are feeling           3.________

at the moment and I truly wish that I could be _____ any help.         4._____

Life can be hard at times. We had no c______ but to meet it.            5.______

No matter what h_________, you need to remain optimistic               6.______

and t_______________ what you can to help your parents.            7.______

It is by meeting ___________(困难) and overcoming them         8._____

that one learns how to survive. Besides, be k_____ to yourself.            9._________

I believe your mother will be all right ___________ long.              10._____

Hope we can talk soon.