题目内容：

My husband and I both were working in a lonely village in northern Thailand. There were many ________, particularly around our housing.

We ________ our house this past June. Shortly after, while we were working at the office, the ________ removed all the surrounding banana trees and the grass in order to raise the ground level — she had ________ on tearing down our house and building a new one after we left.

She brought in tons of ________. This left our house in a kind of moat(壕沟), and when the heavy rain came, our house ________. This was upsetting, but it turned into something ________, because when the headmaster at my school became ________ of it, he got my eighth-grade class to come to help ________ up.

The boys dug into the moat to drain the water, and built a path out to the street, ________ the girls mopped up the water inside and spread newspapers to ________ it. Before the problem was truly ________, however, we had another flood. This turned into a ________, with teachers and students again ________, and our host mother bringing lunch for everyone.

Another time, my husband suddenly got very ________. It was going to take the ________ two hours to reach our house, ________ my co-teacher arranged for a truck from the government office to take us to meet it--this truly helped greatly by ________ two hours off the ride.

There were many other ________ of care and kindness. This community is dear to our hearts, and there is no way we can ever ________ them. I plan to try my best to pay it forward by looking for people in need of help.

1.A. surprises    B. disappointments    C. difficulties    D. challenges

2.A. picked out    B. moved into    C. set up    D. bought

3.A. worker    B. leader    C. owner    D. host

4.A. planned    B. tried    C. insisted    D. carried

5.A. ash    B. water    C. dust    D. dirt

6.A. was destroyed    B. broke down    C. was flooded    D. fell down

7.A. frightening    B. dangerous    C. good    D. interesting

8.A. aware    B. careful    C. afraid    D. sure

9.A. catch    B. stand    C. grow    D. clean

10.A. before    B. while    C. after    D. unless

11.A. cover    B. hide    C. dry    D. destroy

12.A. solved    B. avoided    C. discussed    D. found

13.A. meeting    B. quarrel    C. failure    D. party

14.A. helping out    B. working out    C. carrying out    D. squeezing out

15.A. tired    B. sleepy    C. sick    D. depressed

16.A. ambulance    B. car    C. headmaster    D. volunteer

17.A. and    B. so    C. or    D. but

18.A. saving    B. sparing    C. cutting    D. putting

19.A. benefits    B. meanings    C. examples    D. activities

20.A. reward    B. return    C. repay    D. appreciate