It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas．While most peop

It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas．While most people were 36_their cars, Trevor,my husband, had to _37_early to ride his bike four kilometers away from hometo work．On arrival, he _38__his bike outsidethe back door as he usually does．After _39_

10 hours of labor, his returned to find his bike  40 ．

The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only tool．Trevor used it to get to  41  ,putting in 60-hour weeks to __42__his young family．And the bike was also used to get groceries,  43 us from having to walk long distances from where we live．

I was so  44_that someone would steal our bike that I wroteto the newspaper and told them our story．Shortly afterthat, several people in our area   45  to help．One wonderful stranger   46 bought abike, then called my husband to pick it up． 47  my husband had a way to get to and from hisjob．It really is a (an)  48  that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they havenever met before．People say that a smile can be  49  fromone person to another, but acts of kindness from  50  are evenmore so．This experience has had a spreading effectin our lives because it  51  our faith in humanity as a whole．And it has _52   us to be moremindful of ways that we, too, can  53  with others．No matter how big or how small, an act of kindnessshows that someone  54  ．And theresults can be   55  ．

1.A．cooling down  B．warmingup C．speeding up                            D．slowing down

2.A．get up      B．wake up                         C．turn up              D．rise up

3.A．piled                         B．pushed              C．parked                D．paused

4.A．putting in    B．putting on                        C．putting off          D．putting away

5.A．broken    B．robbed    C．hidden                                       D．gone

6.A．study    B．shop                                        C．work             D．deliver

7.A．live     B．support                                    C．serve            D．protect

8.A．getting                           B．protecting               C．saving                       D．allowing

9.A．surprised                       B．thrilled                    C．puzzled                    D．sad

10.A．offered                        B．supported               C．provided                  D．agreed

11.A．still                               B．finally                        C．even                          D．yet

12.A．Now and then B．Once in awhile C．Once again                              D．Sooner or later

13.A．honor                           B．pity                            C．sympathy                D．respect

14.A．thrown                        B．passed                     C．sent                         D．got

15.A．friends                         B．strangers                C．relatives                 D．parents

16.A．weakened                   B．spread                      C．reduced                   D．strengthened

17.A．moved                         B．forced                       C．urged                      D．influenced

18.A．share                           B．connect                    C．deal                           D．work

19.A．likes                              B．cares                        C．worries                    D．wonders

20.A．short     B．promising  C．permanent        D．temporary

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1.B2.A3.C4.A5.D6.C7.B8.C9.D10.A11.C12.C13.A14.B15.B16.D17.D18.A19.B20.C

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