When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific event that was
1 for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the ___
2_ out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter(避难所) not far from the Bay Bridge. I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to join in . She wanted to help,
3 she made many chocolate chip cookies for me to __4_____ and hand out to people. When getting to the shelter, I passed out the
5 . I began making sandwiches and shared them with the crowd. I had the containers with my sister’s cookies in them and began to walk around, offering them to anyone near me.
I walked
6 to an old gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me
7 and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I had , and his eyes
8 a little bit and said, “No one has ever called me sir.” So he was completely
9 . It struck me.
I explained I had been raised that regardless of (不顾)
10 and social status（地位）, everyone deserved(值得）
11 . It saddened me to think that just because he was homeless, no one offered him the honor . It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand
12 no one ever called him sir. I had never thought that anyone was
13 me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every single person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that
14 and the lesson it taught me. Somtimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in
15 life.
| 小题1: | | A．uncommon | B．unusual | C．universal | D．simple |
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| 小题2: | | A．winners | B．losers | C．hopeless | D．homeless |
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| 小题4: | | A．enjoy | B．eat | C．take | D．produce |
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| 小题5: | | A．meals | B．cookies | C．chocolates | D．chips |
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| 小题6: | | A．near | B．close | C．forward | D．along |
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| 小题7: | | A．briefly | B．swiftly | C．highly | D．directly |
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| 小题8: | | A．cried | B．opened | C．watered | D．lit |
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| 小题9: | | A．disappointed | B．moved | C．spoiled | D．relieved |
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| 小题10: | | A．income | B．pain | C．colour | D．goal |
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| 小题11: | | A．respect | B．praise | C．happiness | D．laughter |
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| 小题12: | | A．what | B．how | C．why | D．whether |
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| 小题13: | | A．in front of | B．below | C．behind | D．beside |
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| 小题14: | | A．word | B．memory | C．feeling | D．sadness |
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| 小题15: | | A．someone’s | B．anyone’s | C．everyone’s | D．no one’s |
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