One January evening in 2008, Rachel Lapierre bought a $4 lottery (彩票) ticket at the grocery store. The 46-year-old mother of four was wearing herself thin as a full-time _______ and part-time volunteer aid worker. After an exhausting day, she needed something to _______ her spirits.
For years, Lapierre longed to be able to _______ her nursing job and focus on the volunteer work she found most _______. She promised that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do.
_______, the next day, the lottery office informed her that she had won a sum of $675,000. Staying _______ to her word, Lapierre devoted her life to her passion project Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a non-profit _______ .
Le Book, as Lapierre, now 62, affectionately calls it, _______ as a simple list of good deeds she wrote down in a notebook to _______ what she had done to help others. To her, the deeds were just small acts of ________ that anyone else might have done. But word started ________, her phone began ringing and a Facebook page she created for the project became an effective way to deal with ________ from those in need and those who wanted to help.
Le Book Humanitaire now has a team of 80 volunteers, ________ local emergency support, medical outreach and food delivery to seniors.
“When you do a good deed, it has a butterfly effect,” says Lapierre. “One good deed can ________ ten people. So if we all do a good deed? That can ________ the world.”
【小题1】A.cleaner | B.nurse | C.chemist | D.doctor |
【小题2】A.lower | B.capture | C.break | D.lift |
【小题3】A.quit | B.find | C.accept | D.keep |
【小题4】A.stressful | B.meaningful | C.painful | D.challenging |
【小题5】A.Unexpectedly | B.Hopefully | C.Suddenly | D.Gradually |
【小题6】A.fair | B.strange | C.true | D.open |
【小题7】A.store | B.hospital | C.company | D.organization |
【小题8】A.expanded | B.developed | C.began | D.changed |
【小题9】A.keep track of | B.make sure | C.deal with | D.reflect on |
【小题10】A.politeness | B.kindness | C.rudeness | D.wickedness |
【小题11】A.arriving | B.leaking | C.gathering | D.spreading |
【小题12】A.requests | B.suggestions | C.orders | D.thoughts |
【小题13】A.explaining | B.passing | C.offering | D.introducing |
【小题14】A.encourage | B.attract | C.interest | D.affect |
【小题15】A.survive | B.save | C.create | D.protect |