No One Is Too Poor to Give

When Teresa，a widow with four young children，saw a notice from her church for all members to gather to deliver presents and food to a  16  family，she took $10 out of her savings jar and bought some ingredients to make three dozen  17  ．She got to the church parking lot just in time to join the convoy going to the home that was to  18  the people’s help．

     The route was  19  ，and she was astonished when the cars pulled up in front of her house．When the pastor saw her，he said，“ We  20  expected you to join us ,

Teresa．We know it’s been a great  21  since your husband died，and we all wanted

to  22   you．”

Although she was   23   being the object of charity，Teresa didn’t want to  24  anyone so she  25  said，“ Well，at least I can share these cookies with our    26  ．”

     This parable teaches us that no one is too  27   to help others and that true charity is rooted in love and compassion．  28    of spirit is worse than economic distress．Teresa’s story  29  us that very few of us give as much as we could and should．

     My friend Larry Rosen，president of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles

30  me to the concept of “ sacrificial giving”—  31    in a large quantity up to a

point where one must  32  something that is desired．

     You can start out easy．Take whatever  33  you are thinking of giving to charity，then   34   it．If that’s too much, increase it by 50 percent instead．The  35  is to stretch yourself．It will mean a lot to those you help，but it will mean as much to your heart．

1.A．wealthy    B．big      C．noble           D．needy

2.A．cookies    B．cakes     C ．buns          D．rolls

3.A．offer      B．receive    C．expect          D．refuse

4.A．pleasant    B．1engthy    C．familiar        D．rough

5.A．never      B．just        C．even           D．seldom

6.A．failure     B．comfort     C．success        D．struggle

7.A．satisfy     B．support     C．invite          D．remember

8.A．unnatural   B．unhappy    C．uncomfortable   D．unfortunate

9.A．embarrass   B．trouble     C．bother         D．annoy

10.A．humbly    B．openly     C．clearly         D．cheerfully

11.A．children    B．friends     C．relatives       D．neighbors

12.A．weak      B．generous    C．poor          D．patient

13.A．Poverty    B．Power      C．Importance    D．Source

14.A．ensures    B．informs     C．proves        D．reminds

15.A．introduced  B．presented   C．1ed           D．directed

16.A．taking      B．giving     C．going         D．asking

17.A．reject      B．win        C．quit          D．obtain

18.A．weight     B．size        C．load          D．amount

19.A．double     B．calculate     C．record       D．analyze

20.A．way       B．idea         C．advice       D．guidance

 

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When Andra Rush started her trucking company, all she had was an old van，two used pick-up trucks and the simple certainty of a 23-year-old girl. But she planned to make her fortune in about four years to   36  her true goal: dealing with poverty on Native American reservations across North America. "I thought I could retire by the time I was 27," says Rush, "At that age, you don't know  37  you don't know."
Rush is 49 now and  38  working hard. Her tiny start-up just outside Detroit has  39  to a $400 million North American business. Today Rush is a(an)  40  not only for Native Americans but also for women in the male-controlled world of trucking.
Rush was  41 30 miles outside Detroit. When the teenage Rush visited the reservation for the first time, she was  42  by the poverty and lack of hope. "I really wanted to  43  " she says.
She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982. She took a nursing job with a 44 pay and then practiced at an air goods company, 45 the speed of package pickups and deliveries made a little more a little more profits. "I thought I could do that 46 ," Rush says.
Within six months, Rush had ten employees, and clients(客户)  47 Ford and GM were paying her to 48 small packages from the airport. Ford was the first to offer her a job trucking parts between its plants and supplier.
By 2001, many of Rush's 1,000 employees were Native Americans, working alongside people of every    49  But she felt she hadn't done enough. 50  she joined forces with a Canadian parts maker to design and gather auto components.
She located the plants near reservations, 51 opportunities where they were needed most. By 2009, her auto parts business was earning $370 million   52  .
She's come a long way from the  53   23-year-old who thought "the cash would just roll in." But Rush wouldn't change a thing: "I love my job," she says. "I 54 the fact that you can start to get some motivation and keep   55  yourself—and then suddenly you lift your head and it's been 25 years"

【小题1】

A．make B．accomplish C． receive D．arrive

【小题2】

A．what B．which C．why D．who

【小题3】

A．so B．somehow C．still D．anyhow

【小题4】

A． grown B．become C．got D．gone

【小题5】

A．able housewife B．ordinary woman C．role model D．truck driver

【小题6】

A．brought B．lived C．risen D．raised

【小题7】

A．moved B．interested C．struck D．encouraged

【小题8】 A have an influence           B．make a difference  C．set an example   D．make a decision

【小题9】

A．low B．high C．cheap D．expensive

【小题10】

A．which B．that C．when D．where

【小题11】

A．well B．badly C．worse D．better

【小题12】

A．like B．besides C．for D．except

【小题13】

A．take B．fetch C．bring D．lift

【小题14】

A．education B．family C．background D．city

【小题15】

A．Because B．For C．But D．So

【小题16】

A．seizing B．creating C．grasping D．losing

【小题17】.

A．in case

B．in turn

C．in return

D．in need

【小题18】

A．inexperienced B．experienced C．expert D．skilled

【小题19】

A．enjoy B．hate C．doubt D．refuse

【小题20】

A．fighting B．forcing C．challenging D．amusing