I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune（不幸）. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge
1 and hardly any income.
2 , I stopped giving and became very bitter（痛苦）.
Several years later, things started to
3 . I became
4 enough to have a home, and
5 a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the
6 , “ Will work for food. ” I
7. My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in
8 . I replied, “ Honey, they just use that money for
9 or other bad things. ” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was
10 to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside
11 me to help him. So I stopped my car , and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said, “ God bless you, I only need 77 cents. ” I
12 into my ashtray and
13 enough, there was three quarters and two pennies.
Greatly shocked by this
14 , I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He
15 with joy and tears in his eyes, “ You just made it
16 for me to see my mom for Christmas ! The bus offering this great sale is
17 right away ! ” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best
18 in life giving. It also
19 me that nothing is a coincidence（巧合）,
20 everything has meaning.
| 小题1: | | A．debt | B．duty | C．income | D．pressure |
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| 小题2: | | A．In fact | B．In a word | C．As a result | D．All in all |
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| 小题3: | | A．develop | B．worsen | C．show | D．change |
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| 小题4: | | A．unfortunate | B．rich | C．generous | D．unsuccessful |
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| 小题6: | | A．word | B．expression | C．sign | D．letter |
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| 小题7: | | A．got to | B．walked to | C．passed in | D．passed by |
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| 小题8: | | A．emergency | B．danger | C．need | D．panic |
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| 小题9: | | A．food | B．alcohol（酒） | C．medicine | D．music |
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| 小题10: | | A．driving | B．jogging（慢跑 | C．wandering | D．cycling |
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| 小题11: | | A．prevented | B．challenged | C．permitted | D．drove |
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| 小题12: | | A．reached | B．turned | C．broke | D．searched |
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| 小题13: | | A．jokingly | B．strangely | C．happily | D．naturally |
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| 小题14: | | A．accident | B．condition | C．state | D．coincidence |
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| 小题15: | | A．put out | B．turned out | C．broke out | D．burst out（大声喊） |
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| 小题16: | | A．necessary | B．difficult | C．possible | D．suitable |
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| 小题17: | | A．lining | B．leaving | C．getting | D．operating |
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| 小题18: | | A．gift | B．time | C．favor | D．honor |
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| 小题19: | | A．thinks | B．informs | C．persuades | D．reminds |
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