I stopped at a grocery store the other day because I was about to go on a long drive and I wanted to buy my favorite for the trip. It wasn’t the store I go to, just one I passed along the way.
As I walked up to the entrance, I a man and a boy who was about 10 or 12 years old at the front of the store. The man handed half-sheets of white paper as customers walked past. I walked up to them with , wondering what cause they . As I got closer, I saw that they had two carts (购物车) starting to fill with .
I said hello and the man greeted me and me one of the pieces of paper, that they were collecting donations for the homeless. On the paper was a simple of food items: peanut butter, noodles, pasta sauce, canned fruits and vegetables. It also included a short story about the boy and his to collect food donations since the age of 8.
I was really that someone so young would be so interested in helping others. I told him it was a(n) idea and that he should be proud of himself. He smiled.
Then, I went inside to get my drink. , the store didn’t have it. , I wasn’t upset, because by then I felt I had another mission. I went through the store, things from the list, then brought them back out to the boy and put them in the cart. They thanked me and offered me a(n) (candy, I think).
As I walked back to my car, the boy’s well-intentioned spirit with me. How inspiring to a young boy with a resolve to do good deeds, and the courage to act on it.
1.A. cigar B. beer C. drink D. snack
2.A. hardly B. normallyC. intentionallyD. consciously
3.A. noticedB. watchedC. feltD. recognized
4.A. sitting B. lyingC. hiding D. standing
5.A. customersB. salesmen C. childrenD. drivers
6.A. astonishmentB. curiosityC. concernD. anxiety
7.A. presentedB. devoted C. disapprovedD. represented
8.A. money B. clothesC. groceriesD. vegetables
9.A. sold B. showed C. brought D. handed
10.A. whisperingB. explainingC. advisingD. analyzing
11.A. advertisementB. posterC. menuD. list
12.A. effortsB. attemptsC. plansD. puzzles
13.A. convincedB. touchedC. discouraged D. reminded
14.A. specificB. flexible C. awesome D. imaginable
15.A. Surprisingly B. Eventually C. Thankfully D. Unfortunately
16.A. then B. Therefore C. StillD. However
17.A. picking B. packing C. gathering D. holding
18.A. inspiration B. treat C. praiseD. award
19.A. struckB. agreed C. stuck D. arose
20.A. come across B. bring upC. see throughD. care for
______ twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we chained our dog.
A. Being bitten B. Bitten C. Having bitten D. To be bitten
_____ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films so often.
A. If it is not B. Were it not C. Had it not been D. If it were not
They failed to complete the project for ______ of enough financial support.
A. lack B. lacking C. lacked D. having lacked
There are lots of places of interest _____ in our city.
A. needs repairing B. needing repaired C. needed repairing D. needing to be repaired
When I opened the door, I found my father sitting in his chair, completely _______ in the humorous stories he was reading.
A. absorbed B. applied C. attracted D. addicted