An old woman walked around as she pushed her shopping cart full of many things.

An old woman walked around as she pushed her shoppingcart full of many things. She was

 36 . Her hair was untidy. Her clothes were torn. And some of her teethwere missing.

She  37  and asked me for change.Instead of giving her change, I  38  her to eat out and she  39. We went across the street to an outdoor café so she could  40  hercart while we had lunch. The  41  was surprised when thiswoman appeared and did not want to serve us,  42  she forcedherself. We ate our lunch. She was very  43  and the fooddisappeared almost as soon as it arrived.

When we were ready to  44 , I was feelingvery good about myself and then she asked for a  45 . It was thenthat I had to  46  myself and all the hidden bias (偏见) that I had towards this  47.

She wasn’t wrong, but my reluctance(不愿)must have  48 . I held her in my armscarelessly and  49 I felt shame. She thanked me for lunch and thenleft.

I  50  there for a moment andrealized that I had  51  to give this woman the one thing thatcost  52  —love. I ran after the woman and caught up with herand asked her if I could give her a  53  hug and she agreed. Igave the woman the best one I’ve ever given anyone. “That’s getting it right,”she said and her big  54  lit my path as we parted.

The  55  I learned was that if you’regoing to give, then give it your all and get it right the first time.

1.                A．happy          B．dirty           C．nervous  D．small

2.                A．ran            B．arrived         C．stopped  D．hid

3.                A．invited         B．pushed         C．forced   D．wished

4.                A．refused        B．returned        C．left  D．agreed

5.                A．watch over      B．get hold of      C．reach for D．catch up with

6.                A．customer       B．shopper        C．waitress D．traveler

7.                A．and            B．but            C．or   D．so

8.                A．thirsty          B．sleepy          C．tired D．hungry

9.                A．leave          B．rest            C．move D．apologize

10.               A．break          B．gift            C．hug  D．partner

11.               A．believe         B．face           C．hurt  D．introduce

12.               A．behavior       B．nation          C．person    D．district

13.               A．gone          B．shown         C．resulted   D．remained

14.               A．slowly          B．again          C．gradually  D．soon

15.               A．stood          B．cried          C．lay   D．drank

16.               A．decided        B．hoped         C．tried  D．failed

17.               A．anything        B．nothing         C．something D．everything

18.               A．real           B．quiet          C．brave D．safe

19.               A．teeth          B．smile          C．feet  D．mouth

20.               A．fact           B．information     C．lesson D．expression

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1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A    

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.C

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