I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and some homeless people frequent the stoplights. I often gave money to the homeless, feeling  1  for their bad luck. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge debt. As a result, I   2  giving and became very  3  .

Things started to  4  for me. Again I had a home, and plenty of food, and I started to  5  myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the  6  ,“Will work for food.” I  7  . My daughter commented, “Mommy, you  8  to give to those people in  9 .” I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for alcohol or other  10  things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.

Three days later, I was driving to  11  up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep  12  me said,“Just help him.” 13  I rolled down my window, and he ran over with enthusiasm, saying “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I  14  into my ashtray and strangely enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.

I scooped(抓起)it up and gave it to him. He  15    with joy and tears in his  16  ,“Wow, you just made it   17   for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you; the bus that had this great sale is   18   in 20 minutes!” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either,  19    I was the one who got the best   20   in life -GIVING.

1.A.pleased             B.sorry         C.nervous          D.notable

2.A.stopped            B.refused       C.considered           D.continued

3.A.bitter              B.disappointd    C.satisfied          D.happy

4.A.reform             B.decline       C.end             D.change

5.A.pull               B.drive        C.persuade         D.concer

6.A.gesture             B.symbol       C.sign             D.sentence

7.A.passed by           B.gave in       C.stood up         D.held on

8.A.expected            B.attempted     C.promised         D.used

9.A.shock              B.happiness     C.comfort         D.need

10.A.dim              B.bad         C.exciting         D.anxious

11.A.pick              B.look         C.ring             D.beat

12.A.beside            B.inside        C.behind           D.above

13.A.So               B.Otherwise     C.However         D.Moreover

14.A.climbed           B.jumped       C.saw             D.reached

15.A.turned around       B.broke down    C.burst out        D.spoke up

16.A.eyes              B.face         C.nose             D.mouth

17.A.necessary          B.possible      C.important         D.nice

18.A.taking           B.operating     C.leaving         D.driving

19.A.but            B.or          C.and            D.nor

20.A.award           B.message      C.gift            D.lesson

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