When a homeless man named Marcus wandered into Abigail’s Cafe asking for spare change, he didn’t get turned away. Looking at the man, the owner Abigail asked, “Why don’t you have a 41 ? You know nothing is given to me for free?” Marcus 42 that he had “a lot of crimes”. Because of his 43 , no one wanted to hire him, so he had made money the only way he knew how: “ 44 or asking for money.”
Although the young owner had hit some hard times for her cafe, Abigail was 45 of hands that day and then decided to 46 Marcus the task of washing dishes. “His 47 opened wide and his smile made my 48 !” She wrote on Facebook.
“He said he would do 49 for some food.” For the past two weeks, Marcus has been on time every day for his 50 of working for two hours when he washes dishes. He uses the money he 51 to buy his own food at the restaurant, 52 to take it for free.
“A lot of people are saying that I’ve been a blessing for him. 53 , at that point I was the one who needed a blessing,” Abigail told CBS News. Her post has earned a lot of attention with plenty of 54 on the Internet. Because many people have asked 55 they can help people like Marcus, she 56 a GoFundMe page with a modest goal of $1,000. “The hope,” she said, “is to create more hours and opportunities for him 57 others in the community.”
Abigail said she shared the story, hoping that people might be moved to help a 58 , too. “Do something nice for whoever may not be familiar to us and don’t 59 them just because they go out there asking for money, for we don’t know their real
60 ,” she said in her post. “They deserve another chance.”
41. A. family B. friend C. wallet D. job
42. A. responded B. concluded C. doubted D. added
43.A. state B. nature C. record D. appearance
44. A. borrowing B. stealing C. raising D. saving
45. A. full B. fond C. sick D. short
46. A. award B. offer C. spare D. show
47. A. eyes B. nose C. lips D. arms
48. A. choice B. decision C. day D. plan
49. A. nothing B. less C. more D. anything
50.A. turn B. promise C. practice D. burden
51.A. borrows B. earns C. lends D. prints
52. A. trying B. hoping C. regretting D. refusing 53. A. Therefore B. Fortunately C. However D. Besides
54. A. measures B. comments C. explanations D. materials
55. A. how B. why C. when D. where
56. A. set down B. set foot in C. set up D. set fire to
57. A. by means of B. in reward of C. on behalf of D. as well as
58. A. stranger B. murderer C. madman D. beggar
59.A. believe B. judge C. limit D. accept
60.A. identity B. goal
C. situation D. potential