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Michael Evans was standing in line at a Treasurer’s Office in Detroit last August, waiting for his b...
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Michael Evans was standing in line at a Treasurer’s Office in Detroit last August, waiting for his business. At that moment, he heard a _______sound ahead of him. The elderly woman at the window was _______because she couldn’t pay $5,000 in back taxes owed(欠交税款). The cashier _______the woman that her house was soon to be auctioned(拍卖) and she would be left _______
Evans, a successful businessman who happened to hear their dialogue couldn’t _______the idea of this woman losing her home. He _______the window. “I don’t mean to _______,”he said to the cashier, “but_______you can get her house back, I’ll pay for her taxes.”
The woman in tears and the cashier looked at him _______in disbelief. Then, the cashier left for a moment to check the ________and that it was all right for Evans to pay it. Evans ________ to go straight to the bank and come right back with the money. And he did so.
But when he ________,he asked someone else waiting in line to hand the $5,000 check to the cashier. Quietly and secretly, Evans was trying to leave ________.”I don’t want this attention,” he explained. ________paying the elderly woman’s taxes, he did it” for no other________but to make sure the lady was in her house.”
A few weeks after the tax ________, Evans received the Spirit of Detroit Award for his lifetime of generosity. “It was good to see my dad finally get the recognition he deserves. I ________my life after him. When I have kids, I want them to look at me the way I look at my dad and to be________to those in need.” his son says.
Martin Luther King put it best, “Everybody can be great because anybody can ________.” When one of us can ________someone’s pain and can do something to improve the lives of others, we should. It is in giving of ourselves that we enrich our communities and make a better world.
1.A.surprising B.charming C.worrying D.pleasing
2.A.crying B.shouting C.cursing D.whispering
3.A.ordered B.informed C.persuaded D.recommended
4.A.jobless B.homeless C.aimless D.meaningless
5.A.desert B.prove C.tolerate D.challenge
6.A.broke B.closed C.repaired D.approached
7.A.show off B.hang on C.give up D.break in
8.A.if B.unless C.while D.though
9.A.tiredly B.amazedly C.excitedly D.delightedly
10.A.amount B.bonus C.answer D.reality
11.A.refused B.meant C.hesitated D.promised
12.A.escaped B.returned C.announced D.prepared
13.A.unnoticed B.unaffected C.ashamed D.confused
14.A.Due to B.Along with C.As to D.Aside from
15.A.reason B.sense C.doubt D.excuse
16.A.accident B.disaster C.campaign D.incident
17.A.value B.ruin C.enjoy D.model
18.A.selfish B.helpful C.distant D.grateful
19.A.serve B.benefit C.agree D.compete
20.A.reach B.recover C.relieve D.reserve
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