The day was Thankful Thursday. It’s a weekly 1 that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive 2 .
My girls shouted “McDonald’s, McDonald’s” as we 3 along a busy Houston road. Suddenly I 4 that almost every crossing I passed through was 5 by a panhandler（乞丐）. And then it hit me! All these panhandlers must be hungry, too. Perfect! After we ate, I ordered a(an) 6 fifteen lunches and we set out to deliver them. We would pull 7 a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we’d say, “Oh, 8 … here’s lunch.”
We handed our final contribution to a small woman and then immediately 9 back in the opposite direction for home. 10 , the light caught us again and we were stopped at the same crossing where this small woman stood. I was 11 and didn’t know quite how to behave.
She made her way to our car, “No one has ever done 12 like this for me before,” she said with 13 . Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, 14 do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”
She just looked at me with her huge, tried brown eyes and said, “Oh honey, I’m not going to eat this lunch.” I was 15 , but before I could say anything, she continued, “You see, I have a little girl and she 16 loves McDonald’s, but I don’t have money. But you know what… tonight she is going to have McDonald’s!”
I don’t know if the kids 17 the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too 18 or insignificant to really effect change. 19 in that moment, I recognized the 20 of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things – only small things with great love.”
1． A．tradition B．ceremony C．custom D．habit
2．A．decision B．choice C．contribution D．plan
3．A．walked B．ran C．wandered D．drove
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4．A．reminded B．realized C．understood D．thought
5．A．crowded B．occupied C．discovered D．laid
6．A．additional B．expensive C．cheap D．special
7．A．close B．together C．alongside D．throughout
8．A．in fact B．to tell the truth C．generally speaking D．by the way
9．A．faced B．headed C．took D．looked
10．A．Unfortunately B．Luckily C．Unexpectedly D．Hopefully
11．A．excited B．embarrassed C．frightened D．annoyed
12．A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
13．A．amazement B．fear C．sorrow D．amusement
14．A．what B．how C．where D．when
15．A．shocked B．confused C．pleased D．worried
16．A．really B．even C．just D．never
17．A．watched B．felt C．noticed D．recognized
18．A．many B．small C．big D．simple
19．A．Therefore B．Although C．Meanwhile D．Yet
20．A．promise B．oath C．truth D．spirit