One day I pulled up to my apartment building and noticed there was a father and daughter __1__ some things from a moving truck. Normally I'm shy away from contact with __2__. That particular day, though, something was in me; I can't explain __3__, but I felt like I should just help these people, even __4__ something as seemingly unimportant as unloading a truck. So I __5__ and introduced myself, welcomed them to the town, and asked them to give me a(n) __6__ to put some proper shoes on. After I had flipflops(夹趾拖鞋)on, I went over and helped them move all of their __7__ into the apartment. After we finished, we talked some and I got to know my new __8__. It might seem unimportant, but it seems like people are less __9__ and friendly to their neighbors these days; I wanted to __10__ that, at least in my small __11__ block. So we did talk,and they're from Florida, just like me. At that __12__ time in my life, I was going through a really difficult __13__ with my girlfriend of 7 years. I didn't feel like helping anyone or doing anything __14__, but I figured why not?And I'm glad I did. Also, as __15__ would have it, their daughter is my age(college student)and we each had a mutual(相互的)__16__in one another. This developed into a friendship, and in the coming months, probably more. The __17__ was the act itself, though. I got to know my new neighbors and made some new friends in the __18__. And I felt really good about it. Since then, I've tried __19__ my comfort zone to perform other unplanned acts of __20__. So far, so good.I'd encourage everyone else to do the same! |
( )1.A.stealing ( )2.A.teachers ( )3.A.which ( )4.A.with ( )5.A.came up ( )6.A.moment ( )7.A.treasure ( )8.A.neighbors ( )9.A.open ( )10.A.change ( )11.A.house ( )12.A.particular ( )13.A.breakout ( )14.A.primitive ( )15.A.luck ( )16.A.choice ( )17.A.award ( )18.A.game ( )19.A.expanding ( )20.A.success |
B.burdening B.strangers B.why B.about B.came on B.hand B.goods B.girlfriend B.afraid B.accept B.school B.common B.breakup B.positive B.accident B.habit B.chance B.process B.decreasing B.courage |
C.unloading C.friends C.what C.for C.came out C.hour C.furniture C.students C.curious C.receive C.apartment C.normal C.breakthrough C.meaningless C.success C.love C.reward C.program C.reducing C.kindness |
D.packing D.parents D.when D.on D.came back D.break D.belongings D.classmates D.lucky D.observe D.company D.usual D.breakdown D.important D.result D.interest D.prize D.direction D.closing D.consideration |