文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要记叙了Michael Evans在财务办公室排队缴税时,听说了一个上了年纪的妇女因为没钱缴税导致房子将被拍卖。Evans主动为那名老妇人缴税从而帮助她拿回了房子的故事。他也因此得到了底特律精神奖,以表彰他一生的慷慨。
Michael Evans was standing in line at the Treasurer’s Office last August, waiting to pay his taxes, when he heard a(n) _________ sound ahead of him. The elderly woman at the window was crying. He heard the cashier _________ the woman that her house was in foreclosure (丧失抵押品赎回权) and headed for auction (拍卖). He also heard the woman tell the cashier that her daughter had recently died. Evans, a businessman who had just buried his father, couldn’t _________ the idea of this woman losing her home right after losing her child. He _________ the window. “I don’t mean to butt in,” he said to the cashier, “but if you can get her house back, I’ll pay for her taxes.” The amount added up to $5,000.
The old woman was shocked. Her despair turned to _________. The cashier left for a moment to _________ that it was all right for Evans to pay it. Evans promised to go straight to the bank and come back with the money. But when he returned to the treasurer’s office, he asked someone else waiting in line to hand the $5,000 check to the cashier. Evans was trying to _________ quietly and, preferably, anonymously (匿名地).
“I didn’t want this attention,” he explained.
However, attention found him. It’s not every day that someone pays a stranger’s tax bill. As is reported, Evans often finds himself on the giving end of charitable situations, though for years he went unrecognized for it. As for paying the elderly woman’s taxes, Evans said he did it for _________ but to make sure the lady stayed in her own house.
A few weeks after the tax _________, Evans received the Spirit of Detroit Award for his lifetime of __________.
1. A.exciting | B.frightening | C.appealing | D.disturbing |
2. A.ensure | B.talk | C.inform | D.state |
3. A.support | B.bear | C.leave | D.witness |
4. A.approached | B.passed | C.accessed | D.marched |
5. A.fright | B.sorrow | C.guilt | D.disbelief |
6. A.conduct | B.confirm | C.compensate | D.comprehend |
7. A.run away | B.slip away | C.pass away | D.put away |
8. A.nothing | B.anything | C.something | D.everything |
9. A.accident | B.coincidence | C.incident | D.event |
10. A.generosity | B.courage | C.optimism | D.modesty |