Doing community service work, I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a
16 shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to
17 . She wanted to help,
18 she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to
19 and hand out to people. When getting to the homeless shelter I passed out the remaining meals. I had the containers with my
20 cookies in them and began to
21 , offering them to anyone near me.
I
22 an old gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me
23 in the eye and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I had, and his eyes 24 a little bit and he said, “No one has 25 called me sir.” He was completely taken aback.
It struck me.
I explained I had been raised that
26 color and social status, everyone deserved
27 . It made me
28 to think that just because he was homeless, no one
29 him the honor. It broke my
30 , and I couldn’t help
31 cry. I just didn’t understand
32 no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every
33 person deserves to be treated with dignity. Years later, I still carry that memory and the
34 it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can
35 make a difference in someone’s life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?
小题1: | A.useless | B.careless | C.homeless | D.hopeless |
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小题2: | A.participate | B.involve | C.choose | D.go |
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小题4: | A.bring | B.fetch | C.collect | D.take |
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小题5: | A.classmate’s | B.schoolmate’s | C.sister’s | D.family’s |
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小题6: | A.walk around | B.knock around | C.come around | D.stand around |
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小题7: | A.went | B.came | C.approached | D.met |
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小题8: | A.right | B.even | C.still | D.just |
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小题9: | A.watered | B.cried | C.tore | D.dropped |
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小题10: | A.already | B.ever | C.still | D.yet |
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小题11: | A.in spite | B.regardless of | C.concerned about | D.for fear of |
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小题12: | A.happiness | B.truth | C.respect | D.help |
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小题13: | A.strong-minded | B.sad | C.frightened | D.pleased |
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小题14: | A.handed | B.afforded | C.provided | D.supplied |
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小题15: | A.eyes | B.mind | C.opinions | D.heart |
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小题17: | A.what | B.when | C.whether | D.why |
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小题18: | A.single | B.poor | C.ordinary | D.normal |
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小题19: | A.stories | B.lessons | C.experiences | D.tears |
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小题20: | A.equally | B.hardly | C.really | D.finally |
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