文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了百岁老人David Flucker每周在St. Columba’s Hospice Care商店工作三天,传递善意的故事。
1 . Once we reach the age of 60 or 65, we all look forward to retirement and living a/an ______life. But that is not the plan for David Flucker from Scotland’s Edinburgh, who is 100-year-old. He______works three days a week at the St. Columba’s Hospice Care shop.
David ______ his 100 birthday this June, but went to work the next day______at the shop. David______ four hours traveling roundtrip to the shop, which he does______the weather. David started working in the ______ shop after he was______ with cancer and it took him two weeks to be cared for by the Hospice. He just wanted to pay it forward for the kindness he ______. “It is a ______feeling to be doing something, ” said the ______, who lives in Balgreen, Edinburgh.
“It is two buses and a 20-minute walk to get to the shop, ______two hours. I work three days a week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which are the ______days.” The grandfather-of-seven says the shop in Occan Terminal gets a lot of donations such as toys, books, jigsaw puzzles, and he has to ______them all to sce if they’re OK. But what he loves the most is the ______aspect of his work-when people come in just to chat.
On 22 June, when the senior ______100, the store held a window display on his birthday showing a few glimpses of his life. The store______ a post on the official page of the store where David’s workspace ______. The post shows how David has become an/a ______ for many around the world. Shared on Facebook, the post got many likes and______ and left social media users amazed.
1. A.rewarding | B.promising | C.relaxing | D.adequate |
2. A.ever | B.still | C.once | D.already |
3. A.celebrated | B.prepared | C.designed | D.conducted |
4. A.in turn | B.in vain | C.on purpose | D.as usual |
5. A.spends | B.costs | C.takes | D.pays |
6. A.in spite of | B.regardless of | C.in place of | D.on account of |
7. A.book | B.gift | C.charity | D.toy |
8. A.diagnosed | B.occupied | C.connected | D.replaced |
9. A.imagined | B.forecast | C.remembered | D.received |
10. A.sharp | B.delightful | C.negative | D.familiar |
11. A.senior | B.artist | C.author | D.painter |
12. A.hardly | B.usually | C.particularly | D.rarely |
13. A.shortest | B.funniest | C.longest | D.busiest |
14. A.hide | B.reserve | C.check | D.cancel |
15. A.apparent | B.physical | C.social | D.specific |
16. A.had | B.kept | C.became | D.turned |
17. A.put out | B.gave away | C.set aside | D.asked for |
18. A.hides | B.runs | C.hangs | D.lies |
19. A.success | B.inspiration | C.shame | D.celebrity |
20. A.interviews | B.arguments | C.comments | D.negotiations |