She is in a poor _____ of health, which ...

The middle-aged man is ready to risk _____ his life to save his son.

A. to lose    B. lose

C. lost    D. losing

John is the tallest boy in the class, _____ according to himself.

A. five feet high as tall as    B. as tall as five feet high

C. as five feet high tall as    D. as tall five feet high as

Sunglasses will _____ your eyes from sunlight.

A. guard    B. prevent

C. protect    D. stop

Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking end.

A. give out    B. give away

C. give up    D. give off

I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier(收银员) ______ her by name and asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, shook her hand, and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my ______ son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to ______ the holidays. ”Then she gave the cashier food stamps.

My heart ______. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to ______ her groceries or ask for her husband’s situation?

____ I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought might help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an ______ of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life ______.

My heart beat faster as I ______ the woman. “Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really ______ time right now. I’m so sorry, but I’d like to give you something.”

I took a small card out of my purse and ______ it to her.

When the woman read the only two words on the card, she began to cry. And through her ______, she said, “You have no idea how much this ______ to me.”

I was a little ______ by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of ______ I might receive. All I could think to respond was, “Oh! Would it be OK to give you a ______?

After we hugged ______,I walked back to my car and began to cry, too.

The words on the card?

“You Matter.”

A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave a similar card as ______ for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a ______ glow(光辉，喜悦)spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started ______ them.

1.A. charged    B. greeted    C. blame    D. heard

2.A. confident    B. independent    C. hopeless    D. stubborn

3.A. think about    B. give up    C. lead to    D. get through

4.A. ached    B. failed    C. beat    D. paused

5.A. send for    B. provide for    C. pay for    D. beg for

6.A. As    B. Though    C. Unless    D. Since

7.A. excuse    B. offer    C. experience    D. anecdote

8.A. harder    B. wealthier    C. simpler    D. better

9.A. touched    B. found    C. balanced    D. approached

10.A. happy    B. tough    C. regular    D. long

11.A. handed    B. obsessed    C. spread    D. explained

12.A. reliability    B. fears    C. tears    D. beliefs

13.A. brings    B. means    C. values    D. contains

14.A. worried    B. excited    C. moved    D. shocked

15.A. reaction    B. feeling    C. expression    D. answer

16.A. present    B. promise    C. hug    D. ride

17.A. wildly    B. tightly    C. anxiously    D. eagerly

18.A. progress    B. effort    C. encouragement    D. praise

19.A. warm    B. rich    C. soft    D. fierce

20.A. gathering    B. enjoying    C. preparing    D. sharing