Question

Last summer I was a volunteer（志愿者）at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was  21   only two classes in summer school, so I had some  22  time.

Three nights a week, I  23 in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and  24 for 10 people hot meals  25  vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people  26  this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.

I  27  this volunteer work, making  28  with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student,   29 me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories  30  me with sympathy（同情）. Some of them had  31 with alcohol（酒）or drugs while others only had bad  32  . One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and  33  she lost her job. She looked for a  34  job, but couldn’t find one, for she was too  35  . She could do nothing but sell her furniture ― sofas, chairs, and tables  36  she could pay for her food. The woman  37  on job hunting, but she 38   couldn’t find one. She had no money for her  39  and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone,   40  , and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

 

21.	A. studying	B. planning	C. holding	D. taking
22.	A. full	B. free	C. extra	D. long
23.	A. helped	B. waited	C. appeared	D. washed
24.	A. ordered	B. bought	C. cooked	D. finished
25.	A. with	B. from	C. by	D. in
26.	A. demanded	B. needed	C. collected	D. requested
27.	A. wanted	B. had	C. owned	D. enjoyed
28.	A. decisions	B. wishes	C. friends	D. changes
29.	A. as	B. like	C. except	D. besides
30.	A. struck	B. filled	C. seized	D. provided
31.	A. habits	B. worries	C. difficulties	D. problems
32.	A. luck	B. pain	C. experience	D. loss
33.	A. so	B. again	C. then	D. thus
34.	A. good	B. fresh	C. skilled	D. new
35.	A. old	B. poor	C. sick	D. dull
36.	A. if	B. because	C. so that	D. in case
37.	A. went	B. moved	C. came	D. worked
38.	A. also	B. still	C. almost	D. even
39.	A. block	B. cottage	C. building	D. flat
40.	A. afraid	B. shy	C. shocked	D. mad

Answer 1

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