Question

I was doing a year of voluntary service abroad for people with learning disabilities. It was set in an English      36     , quite different from my home in Sweden.

One of my fellow     37     , a girl from Tanzania, seemed a bit    38    , so I asked what the problem was. She told me she had a     39    back home who was really    40    with her university studies. It seemed that      41    difficulties would make it impossible for her to complete her course. So this friend of      42     had done something unbelievable: she had sent all her pocket money for the month to Tanzania to     43     her friend! This meant that she didn't have much food to eat and had no money to go anywhere outside the village.

I was so      44      that she did this for her friend and I felt I had to do something.     45     , during my next trip to one of the ear by towns I walked into a shop to buy some food for her. I started    46    to the woman working in the shop and     47    told her about my friend. The woman looked at me,    48    .“Does she eat pasta(意大利面)?”she asked.“Yes,”I replied. She immediately     49    loading a bag with pasta, cookies, sweets and other things until the bag was full.“Give this to her for me. It's my     50     !”I couldn't believe it but cried with     51     .

Imagine my friend's face when I     52     the gifts on my kitchen table and     53    her from her room to see! I have     54     seen her so happy! She told me that due to the generous help, she could definitely      55     the month.

36. A. university B. village              C. town                D. city

37. A. teachers          B. students                     C. volunteers               D. workers

38. A. excited            B. angry                      C. desperate               D. disappointed

39. A. sister             B. cousin                      C. relative                D. friend

40. A. dealing           B. helping            C. struggling           D. improving

41. A. terminal            B. cultural                      C. casual              D. financial

42. A. mine              B. hers                       C. ours                     D. theirs

43. A. connect                 B. support                    C. adore                    D. inform

44. A. curious           B. generous                          C. influenced               D. touched

45. A. So               B. Instead                      C. However                 D. Otherwise

46. A. talking            B. calling                       C. showing                  D. walking

47. A. thankfully          B. constantly        C. generously            D. eventually

48. A. annoyed          B. amazed                    C. confused                D. embarrassed

49. A. started            B. continued                  C. allowed                  D. stopped

50. A. duty              B. offer                         C. treat                     D. turn

51. A. regret            B. sorrow                     C. fortune                  D. happiness

52. A. ate               B. arranged                          C. consumed               D. finished

53. A. fetched           B. removed                     C. wished                   D. ordered

54. A. always             B. recently                    C. never                   D. frequently

55. A. go over            B. get through                        C. make up                 D. turn around

Answer 1

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