A man worked in a post office. His job was to handle all  36  that had unclear addresses. One day he came across a letter which was  37  to God. He opened it and it  38  , "Dear God, I am an 83-year-old woman and I live on a very small pension (养老金). Yesterday someone stole my  39  . There was a hundred dollars in it, which was all the money I had  40  until my next pension comes. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, and I have invited my last two friends for  41 . Without that money, I have  42  to buy food with. I have no family to  43  , and you are my only  44  . Can you please help me?" The man was  45  , and went around showing the letter to all the other workers. Each of them  46 their wallets and donated a few dollars. By the time he  47  his showing, he had collected 96 dollars.  48  then he sent it to the old woman. Thanksgiving Day came and went. The workers 49  forgot about it. Then one day, there came another letter from the old lady to God. All the 50  gathered around when the letter was  51 . It read, "Dear God, how can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your kindness, I was able to  52  a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very  53  day, and I told my friends about your  54 gift. Thank you very much!" Seeing this, all the workers felt 55  with the nice thing they had done. They looked into each other’s eyes and smiled.
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A man worked in a post office. His job was to handle all  36  that had unclear addresses. One day he came across a letter which was  37  to God. He opened it and it  38  , "Dear God, I am an 83-year-old woman and I live on a very small pension (养老金). Yesterday someone stole my  39  . There was a hundred dollars in it, which was all the money I had  40  until my next pension comes. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, and I have invited my last two friends for  41 . Without that money, I have  42  to buy food with. I have no family to  43  , and you are my only  44  . Can you please help me?" The man was  45  , and went around showing the letter to all the other workers. Each of them  46 their wallets and donated a few dollars. By the time he  47  his showing, he had collected 96 dollars.  48  then he sent it to the old woman. Thanksgiving Day came and went. The workers 49  forgot about it. Then one day, there came another letter from the old lady to God. All the 50  gathered around when the letter was  51 . It read, "Dear God, how can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your kindness, I was able to  52  a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very  53  day, and I told my friends about your  54 gift. Thank you very much!" Seeing this, all the workers felt 55  with the nice thing they had done. They looked into each other’s eyes and smiled.

1.

A．stamps            B．money            C．mail              D．postcards

2.

A．spoken           B．written           C．recorded          D．pointed

3.

A．noticed           B．talked            C．read             D．told

4.

A．clothes           B．purse             C．house            D．food

5.

A．borrowed         B．wished            C．paid              D．left

6.

A．dinner            B．fun              C．business          D．picnic

7.

A．nothing           B．anything          C．something         D．everything

8.

A．live in            B．live on            C．turn to            D．turn back

9.

A．family            B．hope             C．friend            D．partner

10.

A．excited           B．amazed           C．surprised          D．moved

11.

A．gained            B．earned           C．searched          D．explored

12.

A．finished           B．planned           C．started            D．toured

13.

A．Or               B．As               C．And              D．But

14.

A．gradually          B．usually            C．especially         D．easily

15.

A．friends           B．workers           C．officers           D．guests

16.

A．sent              B．replied           C．accepted          D．opened

17.

A．bring             B．choose            C．prepare           D．enjoy

18.

A．nice              B．strange           C．common          D．formal

19.

A．traditional         B．wonderful         C．expensive         D．extra

20.

A．annoyed          B．confident          C．pleased           D．hopeful

As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to  36  a little pocket money.

One day I  37  on the door of an elderly woman and asked  38  she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in  39  and I showed her my worn  40 , which no longer kept me warm. She  41  me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be  42  now.” She then  43  a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a  44  job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to  45  new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to  46  me with your report card and I will  47  you when I see you have worked hard and have some good  48 . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much  49  as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and  50  so much money that it was  51  for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she  52 . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I  53  her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge  54 this wonderful lady made over my life with her  55 . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to   16   a little pocket money.

    One day I   17   at the door of an elderly woman and asked  18   she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in   19   and I showed her my worn   20  , which no longer kept me warm. She  21   me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be   22   now.” She then   23   a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a   24   job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to   25   new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to   26    me with your report card, and I will   27   you when I see you have worked hard and got some good marks. Now  28   your little hands and take out as much   29   as you can.”

    I put my hands in the jar and grabbed (抓住) so much money that it was  30   for me to buy what I   31  needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she   32  . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I  33   her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the big   34   this wonderful lady made to my life with her  35  . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

It was a lazy morning during the Christmas week. We were enjoying breakfast when the doorbell rang. It was a little girl, standing at the doorway with a piece of paper and a face that carried an expression of want, rather a common     1   during Christmas.
She murmured that the paper was her booklist and that she was going around     2   money to buy her schoolbooks. My children went inside and brought some     3    for her. This kind of incident happens very often in my hometown,     4    during Christmas.
From where I was seated, I could see her clearly. She looked about ten years old and she wore a dress too big for her. She spoke in a     5    voice and looked at me straight in the eye. Something made me get up and     6    her.
In answer to my questions, she said that her mother made hoppers and she     7    them before going to school. But the hopper money was not adequate to     8    the list; therefore, she was going from house to house asking for help.
Her voice told me the story; her eyes told me that it was     9    . I said I'd buy her what was on the list.
We drove to a nearby bookstore. She sat    10   , with a strange look on her face. When the clerk was taking all the things on the list, the little girl kept staring as if confused. Perhaps she had never    11   so many new things before. They were merely exercise books, pencils, pens and such things. She whispered her    12   to us. Strange, I hadn't been aware that giving such   13        things to one in need, could bring me such a lot of happiness.
As we drove back, I could see the little girl in the mirror. All the gifts I had given in my life never   14   up a face so much. She was grasping the parcel, smiling to herself. The total event made us all very    15   . Our Christmas became more meaningful.