完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge
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and hardly any income.
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, I stopped giving and became very bitter.
Several years later, things started to
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. I became
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enough to have a home, and
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a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the
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, “Will work for food.” I
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. My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in
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. I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for
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or other bad things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was
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to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside
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me to help him. So I stopped my car, and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I
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into my ashtray and
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enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.
Greatly shocked by this
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, I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He
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with joy and tears in his eyes, “You just made it
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for me to see my mom for Christmas! The bus offering this great sale is
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right away!” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best __53__ in life – giving. It also
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me that nothing is a coincidence,
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everything has meaning.
| 小题1: | | A．debt | B．responsibility | C．shadow | D．pressure |
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| 小题2: | | A．In fact | B．In other words | C．As a result | D．All in all |
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| 小题3: | | A．develop | B．worsen | C．vary | D．change |
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| 小题4: | | A．fortunate | B．wealthy | C．generous | D．successful |
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| 小题6: | | A．decoration | B．expression | C．sign | D．announcement |
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| 小题7: | | A．got by | B．pulled out | C．passed away | D．passed by |
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| 小题8: | | A．emergency | B．danger | C．need | D．panic |
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| 小题9: | | A．food | B．alcohol | C．medicine | D．entertainment |
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| 小题10: | | A．driving | B．jogging | C．wandering | D．cycling |
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| 小题11: | | A．directed | B．challenged | C．permitted | D．drove |
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| 小题12: | | A．reached | B．turned | C．broke | D．searched |
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| 小题13: | | A．amusingly | B．strangely | C．awkwardly | D．naturally |
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| 小题14: | | A．incident | B．condition | C．coincidence | D．circumstance |
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| 小题15: | | A．poured out | B．turned out | C．broke out | D．burst out |
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| 小题16: | | A．necessary | B．difficult | C．possible | D．suitable |
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| 小题17: | | A．queuing | B．leaving | C．settling | D．operating |
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| 小题18: | | A．gift | B．time | C．favor | D．honor |
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| 小题19: | | A．impresses | B．informs | C．persuades | D．reminds |
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