A Shelter for the Homeless

Last summer I was a volunteer (志愿者) at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was  16  only two classes in summer school, so I had some  17  time.

Three nights a week, I  18  in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and  19  for 45 people hot meals  20  vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people  21  this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.

I  22  this volunteer work, making  23  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,  24  me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories  25  me with sympathy (同情). Some of them had  26  with alcohol (酒) or drugs while others only had bad  27  . One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and  28  she lost her job. She looked for a  29  job, but couldn’t find one, for she was too  30  . She could do nothing but sell her furniture - sofas, chairs, and tables  31  she could pay for her food. The woman  32  on job hunting, but she  33  couldn’t find one. She had no money for her  34  and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone,  35  , and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

16. A. studying      B. planning      C. holding    D. taking

17. A. full         B. free        C. extra     D. long

18. A. helped       B. waited      C. appeared     D. washed

19. A. ordered      B. bought       C. cooked    D. finished

20. A. with        B. from       C. by      D. in

21. A. demanded      B. needed      C. collected    D. requested

22. A. wanted      B. had       C. owned      D. enjoyed

23. A. decisions      B. wishes       C. friends       D. changes

24. A. as         B. like        C. except      D. besides

25. A. struck       B. filled        C. seized     D. provided

26. A. habits       B. worries      C. difficulties     D. problems

27. A. luck        B. pain      C. experience     D. loss

28. A. so        B. again       C. then        D. thus

29. A. good       B. fresh       C. skilled      D. new

30. A. old         B. poor       C. sick       D. dull

31. A. if         B. because      C. so that      D. in case

32. A. went       B. moved      C. came       D. worked

33. A. also        B. still        C. almost      D. even

34. A. block        B. cottage      C. building      D. flat

35. A. afraid       B. shy       C. shocked      D. mad

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