Danielle was living in a new city with no local bank of her own. She desperately needed to ______ a bank to cash her paycheck. For more than two weeks, she made ______ one after another but in vain. How could she continue to ______ herself and her two children as a single mother?
Taking a break from her ______, Danielle decided to attend a meeting at the local women's resource center. The women there had been a strong source of encouragement since she fled her home ______ for her safety. Sitting next to Danielle, Amy began to share the details of her ______situation. She was just days away from ______ her home and her car. Her phone and electric services were both scheduled to be ______. Her husband had gambled away their money. She had nothing left. Nothing!
As Amy described the degree of the situation, Danielle ______ God’s soft whisper in her heart: “After the meeting, give Amy twenty dollars.” Danielle immediately thought, “But I can’t. I only have forty dollars.” She heard the ______ again. Danielle knew she needed to follow. When the meeting ______, she reached into her purse and ______ handed twenty dollars to Amy. Knowing Danielle's situation, Amy was ______ to accept it at first. But as a crowd of women ______ to give Amy hugs of support, Danielle told her that God wanted her to have it. Then Danielle left.
Now with just twenty dollars left in her wallet, Danielle decided to ______ cashing her paycheck at just one more bank before heading home. ______ she expected the rejection she had received at so many other banks, she was ______ filled with renewed confidence and optimism. Hopefully, she walked into the bank next to the women's center. Moments later, the bank ______ her paycheck with no questions asked. Wearing a big smile, Danielle returned home.
As for Danielle, it has been three years since that day. Realizing true hope has no ______, she continues to be ______ for the lifetime supply that she received for just twenty dollars.
1.A. select B. find C. consult D. search
2.A. decisions B. choices C. appointments D. attempts
3.A. encourage B. believe C. support D. comfort
4.A. ambitions B. struggles C. failures D. experiences
5.A. in fear B. in debt C. in public D. in doubt
6.A. similar B. unique C. desperate D. social
7.A. ruining B. leaving C. missing D. losing
8.A. cancelled B. reduced C. abolished D. charged
9.A. received B. found C. heard D. felt
10.A. story B. advice C. order D. voice
11.A. followed B. lasted C. concluded D. agreed
12.A. quietly B. politely C. happily D. sadly
13.A. unlikely B. unwilling C. eager D. embarrassed
14.A. intended B. approached C. managed D. continued
15.A. avoid B. try C. consider D. risk
16.A. If B. But C. Since D. While
17.A. anyhow B. somehow C. therefore D. otherwise
18.A. counted B. checked C. cashed D. tested
19.A. price B. cost C. cause D. purpose
20.A. ready B. welcome C. fortunate D. thankful
Why ________ you choose to work in a remote village school when you can own a respectable job in a city?
A. need B. should
C. must D. will
—— Congratulations on your promotion. Go out for dinner, OK?
—— Good! __________, just you and me.
A. Follow me B. My treat
C. My pleasure D. Allow me
—— David should lie to his best friend in order to get the well-paid job!
—— It is typical of him because he ________.
A. is facing his Waterloo B. is visually challenged
C. has cast-iron nerves D. worships the golden calf
Much to their delight, their new project _____ at the conference, the excited scholars decided to have a barbecue in honour of the fantastic moment.
A. to approve B. being approved
C. having approved D. having been approved
