I was on my lunch break in the city, enjoying a salad at an outdoor café, when a shabby homeless lady came waking towards me. She was
_36_ everyone who walked past her for spare
_37_ and she looked very dirty. My
_38 reaction was fear and I hoped she wouldn’t come near me, but she did.. I was on the phone and when she
__39_ , I said “ I’m on the phone” in the nicest way I could, telling myself what she needed was a lesson in
_40_. She walked away, mumbling(自言自语), “ I’m
_41_ you. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll leave.” And she turned the corner.
_42_ ,I would feel relieved or satisfied, but something in me couldn’t
_43_ . Without another thought, I looked in my
_44_ for the spare change I had. I even started searching through my entire purse, the pockets, everything for all of the change I could
_45_ find to give. I got up and walked towards this lady and gave her all I
_46_. She held my hand and said, “ Thank you!” Her hand was
47 and dirty, but I didn’t mind
48 her hand. I wanted to be there for her , when normally I would
49 the other way. She looked at me and said, “Will you touch my face?” And for some reason, I did. I put my hand on her cheek and she started to
50 . I could
51 it was as if she had not been touched by a loving, soft hand in ages,
52 . And so I held it there, trying to
53 her with my heart open. It was powerful.
She thanked me and walked away quietly. And I walked away with an open heart, trying to
54 sense of what had just happened. It changed something in me and has made me want to be a
55 person to the people I meet during my day.
小题1: | A.greeting | B.praising | C.applying | D.begging |
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小题2: | A.change | B.room | C.clothes | D.food |
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小题3: | A.usual | B.instant | C.last | D.general |
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小题4: | A.came across | B.came out | C.came over | D.came through |
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小题5: | A.attitude | B.trouble | C.practice | D.manners |
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小题6: | A.calling | B.injuring | C.annoying | D.abusing |
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小题7: | A.Fortunately | B.Normally | C.Immediately | D.Strangely |
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小题8: | A.rest | B.appear | C.enjoy | D.exist |
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小题9: | A.car | B.table | C.wallet | D.seat |
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小题10: | A.necessarily | B.possibly | C.mainly | D.certainly |
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小题11: | A.earned | B.searched | C.found | D.made |
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小题12: | A.soft | B.rough | C.large | D.neat |
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小题13: | A.washing | B.waving | C.wiping | D.holding |
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小题15: | A.cry | B.laugh | C.scream | D.shout |
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小题16: | A.doubt | B.sense | C.determine | D.decide |
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小题17: | A.if necessary | B.if not | C.if so | D.if ever |
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小题18: | A.persuade | B.comfort | C.entertain | D.surround |
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小题20: | A.kinder | B.richer | C.wiser | D.happier |
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