【推荐3】I grew up on a farm in a small community of Catawissa, Missouri, as the sixth of seven children. Besides running(经营) the farm, Dad was also a carpenter(木匠). In the fall of 2003, he was working on a house when a(n) ______ took place. His back was seriously hurt so that he had to be sent to hospital. We ______ killed pigs for meat the day after Thanksgiving, but that year, Dad was still in hospital and Mom was there ______ him. When we kids were at a loss(不知所措), my uncle came, with a couple of my cousins, to help my three older brothers _______ our meat.
After Dad returned home, he became unable to ______. With Christmas coming, my parents were deeply ______ how to continue our life. But I was ______ young at that time to realize that our family had no ______ coming in.
One night we heard a car coming up and we were curious about who was ______. It was Peggy Phelan. She stood at the door, holding an envelope(信封) filled with money, telling my Dad she had ______ money in the community. Dad tried to refuse, but Peggy insisted that we should ______ it. I can still remember what she said, “Archie, whenever someone’s hay baler(干草打捆机) was broken, you came to repair it. Whenever someone passed away, you came to help cook. It’s our ______ now.” That evening, I, a 6-year-old kid, seemed to be touched by something: My parents were kind people and their kindness was repaid.
I learned later that our neighbours “adopted(收养)” us kids to help with Christmas, and we also received gift baskets from more than one organization. My parents were used to being givers, ______ during that period, they became the receivers of such generosity. They were ______ for others’ help, and continued all their lives to show us the value of ______.
1. A.concert | B.change | C.accident | D.meeting |
2. A.never | B.seldom | C.sometimes | D.always |
3. A.looking after | B.looking through | C.looking at | D.looking for |
4. A.check | B.store | C.cook | D.prepare |
5. 6. A.interested in | B.pleased with | C.worried about | D.bored with |
7. 8. A.progress | B.money | C.happiness | D.information |
9. A.listening | B.speaking | C.laughing | D.visiting |
10. A.exchanged | B.borrowed | C.collected | D.made |
11. A.donate | B.accept | C.raise | D.save |
12. A.practice | B.duty | C.turn | D.choice |
13. A.though | B.unless | C.but | D.because |
14. A.sorry | B.ready | C.famous | D.thankful |
15. A.kindness | B.confidence | C.courage | D.education |