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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