One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away when my daughter heard cries for help. When I went outside to 41 what was wrong, I discovered an elderly neighbor had fallen down. She was 42 in pain so I helped her inside her house and 43 her on the bed.
I noticed how 44 her place was and it was obvious she hadn’t cleaned it for a while. She insisted she didn’t need an 45 and that someone would be around soon, so I put a bottle of water at her side and 46 .
On my return, I felt sad that, although we had been neighbors for 18 months, apart from a few smiles, we hadn’t 47 . I hadn’t even noticed she hadn’t been 48 for weeks due to painful back.
That weekend I met my grandma for her 80th birthday, and I noticed how 49 her flat seemed in comparison with my 50 . Then I remembered that my grandma was usually visited by her relatives. 51 , my neighbor, as far as I knew, had no family regularly 52 .
When I returned home I went to visit her, but she didn’t 53 my knocks. I walked inside. She was more 54 now than when she started to see me. She explained she was Ok. Yet, unable to 55 due to her back, she could not unpack groceries that a delivery boy had left at floor level and her kitchen was filled with 56 because she was unable to take it out by herself.
57 we’ve become good friends and chat every day. Now, every time I 58 from putting out her garbage, 59 her mails or just chatting, I feel a deep sense of 60 and peace, so I am really content that I can help others.
41. A. identify B. comfort C. assure D. check
42. A. luckily B. easily C. clearly D. scarcely
43. A. insisted B. settled C. persuaded D. called
44. A. dirty B. comfortable C. wide D. tidy
45. A. operation B. ambulance C. encouragement D. application
46. A. provided B. served C. presented D. left
47. A. worked B. competed C. quarreled D. connected
48. A. away B. off C. outside D. around
49. A. clean B. narrow C. smelly D. sweet
50. A. wife’s B. neighbor’s C. relative’s D. daughter’s
51. A. In short B. As a result C. On the contrary D. After all
52. A. dropping by B. looking after C. bringing up D. sending to
53. A. answer B. reply C. appreciate D. recognize
54. A. curious B. thankful C. angry D. impatient
55. A. sit down B. put down C. lie down D. bend down
56. A. dust B. garbage C. food D. furniture
57. A. Suddenly B. Gradually C. Temporarily D. regularly
58. A. suffer B. escape C. return D. stop
59. A. collecting B. reading C. writing D. copying
60. A. determination B. presentation C. ambition D. satisfaction