“Are you going shopping today?” my husband, Roy, asked when I answered the telephone. “I ____ to,” I said. Thanksgiving was only a couple days away. My money was ____ and I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day.
For a few seconds, Roy sat ____ on the other end of the line. The nervousness gradually increased under the wordlessness, which I couldn’t wait to break through. “Why do you ask?” I whispered, ____ what he might say.
“Nancy, there’s a family with six kids that will not have anything to ____ for Thanksgiving. The little one is only five years old. While you’re at the store could you ____ buy something for them?” My head began to spin when I was thinking about the fifty dollars I had ____ for our family’s Thanksgiving dinner.
In the back of my mind I ____ the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner. I put my head down on my desk, already feeling ____ There’s no way possible, I thought. But the compassion (怜悯) I heard in my husband’s ____ struck a nerve inside me.
I replied, “ ____ but only if God helps.”
I finished my work and ____ all the way to the nearest grocery store. I entered the parking lot and noticed a big ____ in the grocery store window: Turkeys---29 cents a pound. “Thank God!” I said to myself.
I went inside, but when I read the sign my heart ____ “Limit one.” But I needed at least two so I decided to find the manager. I ____ the problem. He made an exception. To my ____ , I had enough money. I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the five-year-old child who had ____ my heart, even though I had never met her.
Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home ____ with children of all ages. I will never forget the ____ on the six kids’ faces.
By far, that was the greatest ____ of my life.
【小题1】A.plan | B.refuse | C.fail | D.agree |
【小题2】A.private | B.enough | C.endless | D.limited |
【小题3】A.nervously | B.silently | C.friendly | D.excitedly |
【小题4】A.arranging | B.receiving | C.fearing | D.blaming |
【小题5】【小题6】A.freely | B.possibly | C.gently | D.regularly |
【小题7】A.lent | B.pulled | C.hidden | D.saved |
【小题8】A.invited | B.organized | C.counted | D.connected |
【小题9】A.affected | B.defeated | C.satisfied | D.bored |
【小题10】A.voice | B.face | C.heart | D.body |
【小题11】A.Bad | B.Poor | C.Sure | D.Afraid |
【小题12】A.angered | B.worried | C.wondered | D.prayed |
【小题13】A.flower | B.sign | C.book | D.word |
【小题14】A.sank | B.fell | C.ended | D.held |
【小题15】A.explained | B.promised | C.required | D.corrected |
【小题16】A.horror | B.sadness | C.credit | D.surprise |
【小题17】A.broken | B.stolen | C.operated | D.supported |
【小题18】A.covered | B.shaped | C.filled | D.made |
【小题19】A.sorrow | B.loneliness | C.disappointment | D.smiles |
【小题20】A.year | B.season | C.Thanksgiving | D.reward |