One day I was doing a big cleanup when I ____ a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin inside.I took one look and immediately ___ a forgettable time.
In 1991,I had spent five months in Niger,with sandstorms and great heat.Its ____ and beggars were my biggest and most constant complaint.Street beggars would continually reached out their hands,shouting “Gift!Gift!”
One day,I ___ for neighboring Burkina to work in a health clinic.
Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina,we began to ____.Out of the darkness,a motorbike with two men approached slowly.Without ____,one of the men grabbed my daypack as the motorbike swept close by.Within seconds,the two were out of sight,____ up by the night.
The bag had my passport,money,traveler’s cheques,camera,an airline ticket and other things ___ to me.I was in deep trouble.
In the weeks that followed,I ____guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all ____ with suspicion.All I wanted was to leave this place.
Then,walking through Burkina’s streets,I met with an old woman.“Gift!Gift!” she cried.I’d had enough.I was ____ of the country:its poverty,its thieves,the heat,and the dust.I told her angrily,“A thief stole all my money and now I can’t ____ out of your country.I cannot give you anything.”
The beggar woman listened attentively and ___ my words.Then she reached ____ the folds of her dress.
“Then I will give you a gift,”she announced.Kindly,she placed an old,dark brown coin in my hand.I looked at it in ____.It was a very small amount of money but for this woman,the coin ___ a meal.At that moment,I felt a shame.In spite of the ____,she was able to give me something priceless.
I saw then the ____ beauty of the people of Burkina—and appreciated deeply the quiet ____ of the poor.With the old woman’s gift,I hope never to part with the coin she gave me.With one small coin,she ____ my concept completely.
小题1: | A.cared about | B.came across | C.looked for | D.focused upon |
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小题2: | A.presented | B.gave | C.recalled | D.reminded |
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小题3: | A.traffic | B.dust | C.noise | D.climate |
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小题4: | A.headed | B.made | C.stood | D.came |
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小题5: | A.move | B.unload | C.hide | D.pass |
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小题6: | A.warning | B.planning | C.thinking | D.arranging |
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小题7: | A.hung | B.put | C.swallowed | D.cleared |
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小题8: | A.obvious | B.expensive | C.familiar | D.precious |
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小题9: | A.elegantly | B.cautiously | C.dependently | D.frequently |
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小题10: | A.locals | B.thieves | C.beggars | D.motorbikes |
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小题11: | A.proud | B.conscious | C.sick | D.aware |
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小题13: | A.attended to | B.looked up | C.thought about | D.wrote down |
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小题15: | A.order | B.vain | C.case | D.shock |
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小题16: | A.meant | B.made | C.served | D.suggested |
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小题17: | A.dirtiness | B.poverty | C.kindness | D.safety |
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小题18: | A.updated | B.unfolded | C.broken | D.unexpected |
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小题19: | A.moment | B.action | C.dignity | D.life |
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小题20: | A.changed | B.damaged | C.found | D.accepted |
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