Now you’re a fool for helping. “I don’t want to get
” seems to have become a national motto. One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California to New Orleans, Louisiana. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb
and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time when you’d be called a jerk (混蛋) for passing by somebody _
___ .
Several days later I was still
_ _ about the hitchhiker (搭便车的人), about how I didn’t even lift my foot
_ _ the accelerator (加速踏板) for him. “Does anyone stop any more?” I wondered. I
Blanche DuBois’s famous line—”I have always depended on the kindness of
.” Was that possible these days? One way to
this would be for a person to journey across the US without any money, just __
_ _ on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support?
The idea intrigued (激起兴趣) me.
The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never done something truly crazy. __
_ _ I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only accept __
_ of rides, food and places to sleep. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. I was treated kindly everywhere I went. I was __
_ _ by people’s readiness to help a stranger.
In Oregon, a house painter named Mike __
_ _ the cold weather and asked if I had a coat. I didn’t, so he gave me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker in Michigan named Tim invited me to a(n) _
_ _ _ dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me a tent. I
, but Tim insisted, packing it into my bag himself. I found people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or __
_ _ with them whatever they happened to have. Those who had the _
_ _ _ to give often gave the most.
I’m __
_ _ to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter and their gifts. My faith in ordinary folks was __
_ _. I am proud to live in a country where people are still willing to help. Now about the hitchhiker I met the other day, I am feeling
__ _ that I did not stop to take him along .
| 小题1: | | A．involved | B．crazy | C．blamed | D．rejected |
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| 小题3: | | A．in danger | B．in need | C．in action | D．in favor |
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| 小题4: | | A．worrying | B．considering | C．concerning | D．thinking |
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| 小题6: | | A．concluded | B．recalled | C．polished | D．submitted |
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| 小题7: | | A．strangers | B．relatives | C．friends | D．colleagues |
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| 小题8: | | A．guide | B．test | C．handle | D．conduct |
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| 小题9: | | A．basing | B．relying | C．insisting | D．relating |
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| 小题11: | | A．jobs | B．supplies | C．helps | D．offers |
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| 小题12: | | A．frightened | B．annoyed | C．disappointed | D．amazed |
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| 小题13: | | A．noted | B．saw | C．felt | D．sensed |
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| 小题14: | | A．simple | B．rich | C．awesome | D．interesting |
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| 小题15: | | A．understood | B．refused | C．paused | D．disobeyed |
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| 小题16: | | A．supplied | B．offered | C．shared | D．provided |
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| 小题17: | | A．grandest | B．most | C．least | D．best |
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| 小题18: | | A．careful | B．grateful | C．hopeful | D．helpful |
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| 小题19: | | A．created | B．reminded | C．renewed | D．returned |
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| 小题20: | | A．guilty | B．sceptical | C．delighted | D．shallow |
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