A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company i

   A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was   36   for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have   37   their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely   38   —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.
    But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to   39   unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were  40

by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in   41  , it was more than $100,000.
    It   42   nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
    Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of  43  . They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
    Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t   44   it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you   45   anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
    Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches   46   their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should   47   the whole community and last for generations to come.
    Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.

36. A. happy      B. hard        C. easy        D. nice

37. A. lost         B. bought     C. left         D. wanted

38. A. gift         B. money     C. encouragement D. package

39. A. accept      B. defeat      C. win          D. receive

40. A. amazed    B. excited      C. upset         D. touched

41. A. the other   B. another      C. other        D. others

42. A. surprised   B. frightened    C. pleased       D. encouraged

43. A. kind       B. generous     C. living        D. saving

44. A. afford     B. buy          C. offer         D. keep

45. A. suffered    B. enjoyed      C. needed       D. did

46. A. put away   B. put up       C. gave up       D. gave away

47. A. enrich      B. bless        C. brighten      D. expand

试题答案

36-40. BAADD     41-45. DADAC    46-47 DA