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It was just after sunrise on an August morning. Ivan， a florist， who was busy in his flower shop? flowers for three young girls. They are the? of the “Leaving Smiles in UK”， a? of leaving bunches of blooms in public places for? to find. Ivan is donating 50 bunches of flowers each week to volunteers through social media， who then leave them in? places with a card saying “Please? me”. Smiles could be seen on the faces of the three girls who had already taken part in the program. Strangers once—now? through the campaign’s hashtag （主題標(biāo)簽） on Instagram. One of the girls said， “Lovely！ I’m going to take this beautiful bunch of flowers and? it for a stranger somewhere and see if we can spread a? today.”

During the epidemic lockdown （疫情封閉） when everyone’s been a bit? and they can’t see their friends or families， it’s important to be able to help people go through the . So a gift of flowers is? to lift people’s spirits and change their day in a? way. It is hoped that people who? flowers might be? to carry out a random act of kindness of their own.

After stepping out of the flower shop， I noticed some? left on the bench of a park. A few people came to look at the bouquet （花束） before some children? figured it out and got up the? to take the flowers to Mom. Perhaps this isn’t the first program to encourage? towards strangers， but in these socially distant times， it’s bringing people just that little bit .

1. A. buying B. drawing C. packing D. growing

2. A. customers B. volunteers C. donators D. employers

3. A. program B. lesson C. trick D. research

4. A. lovers B. teenagers C. strangers D. visitors

5. A. certain B. crowded C. restricted D. random

6. A. take B. forgive C. protect D. appreciate

7. A. admitted B. connected C. discovered D. changed

8. A. prepare B. decorate C. leave D. spare

9. A. smile B. fortune C. greeting D. business

10. A. excited B. grateful C. surprised D. depressed

11. A. movement B. failure C. danger D. hardship

12. A. asked B. designed C. contributed D. permitted

13. A. common B. casual C. positive D. cheap

14. A. distribute B. receive C. make D. sell

15. A. inspired B. ordered C. reminded D. forced

16. A. gifts B. flowers C. cards D. money

17. A. constantly B. suddenly C. actually D. eventually

18. A. courage B. interest C. mercy D. curiosity

19. A. friendliness B. willingness C. kindness D. politeness

20. A. happier B. braver C. smarter D. closer

2

Not many 17-year-old girls know how to solder （焊） copper pipes together or light a pilot light. These are? I’ve learned as an assistant to my? in his plumbing （管道） business.

My summer job deals with? that constantly cause physical and mental discomfort， and the work? an attitude of determination and patience that I frequently struggle to adopt. Each morning， I? myself into large-thick men’s jeans most girls would?; to wear and climb into the plumber truck. As my classmates begin their ， babysitting or selling groceries， my dad and I carry? toolboxes and work in the dark basements. I often get? in messy storage boxes looking for the water meter. Nothing around is beautiful or tidy.

Sometimes I? why I stand the dust and sweat when I could be in my air-conditioned house doing summer homework. Yet as much as I? the mess of plumbing， I look down upon myself for being so easily annoyed by disorder. ， the world was built by people willing to get their hands .

Five such summers have? me that the messy parts of people’s houses? the messy parts of their lives. As I learn to? the mess， I also learn to handle the? and contradictions in my adolescence. Life is a process of accepting? and learning to put it in order. Plumbing work is no different. You can see it in each newly soldered group of copper pipes. And when customers express ， I understand that， in a small way， we bring? to their lives.

1. A. manners B. skills C. facts D. rules

2. A. brother B. dad C. teacher D. friend

3. A. messes B. commands C. noises D. exercises

4. A. offers B. develops C. demands D. lacks

5. A. wrestle B. lower C. squeeze D. hide

6. A. need B. adapt C. refuse D. choose

7. A. shifts B. studies C. meetings D. travels

8. A. fancy B. tidy C. expensive D. heavy

9. A. injured B. absorbed C. lost D. interested

10. A. know B. question C. imagine D. remember

11. A. see B. clean C. hate D. create

12. A. Or rather B. At least C. After all D. In addition

13. A. full B. dirty C. firm D. free

14. A. taught B. promised C. advised D. guaranteed

15. A. examine B. divide C. reduce D. reflect

16. A. sort out B. care about C. hunt for D. give up

17. A. arrangements B. uncertainties C. competitions D. expectations

18. A. failure B. help C. change D. chaos

19. A. sympathy B. concern C. disapproval D. appreciation

20. A. peace B. success C. wonder D. order

3

Sandra was a businesswoman in Orlando. Approaching her 50th birthday， she decided to? her love of cats and her work experience to start the Orlando Cat Cafe.

As a lifelong cat fan， Sandra’s main goal in opening the cafe was to help? cats up for adoption with proper pet parents. What she didn’t? at the time was that her cafe would help human visitors as much as the cats！

“The most? thing in the cafe is that they always have new cats and cats need socialization， so both sides ！” says Laurie， who is one? guest. She， like many other cat lovers， who? have pets at home because of allergies （過敏反應(yīng)） in the family， often comes to the cafe to experience the benefits of? with cute animals whenever she likes.

Plus， Sandra’s cat-adoption? aren’t the only charitable initiative happening at the cafe！ The coffee and food on sale for? are made by Axum Coffee， a company that was also started to? others. Axum is a city in Ethiopia where fresh water is? and even poverty is widely visible. In fact， the coffee and food are sold at a low price at the cafe， some of whose? go to the people of Axum， Ethiopia， to help improve their? of life.

“My cafe and Axum Coffee have a（n）? mission to reach out to others. We hit it off and became partners，” says Sandra.

Maybe the next time you visit Orlando， you’ll? Sandra’s cafe， and hit it off with one of the cats up for ！ Adoption specialists are always on-site to help match the personalities of potential? with those of the cats in the play area. And it ！ More than 80 cats have been adopted since Sandra? her business in 2016.

1. A. compare B. combine C. collect D. clarify

2. A. match B. pick C. hold D. wake

3. A. manage B. understand C. realize D. expand

4. A. controversial B. awkward C. optional D. wonderful

5. A. disapprove B. win C. compromise D. grow

6. A. careless B. generous C. mysterious D. regular

7. A. unlikely B. occasionally C. permanently D. merely

8. A. playing B. competing C. reasoning D. sharing

9. A. influences B. efforts C. difficulties D. reasons

10. A. lovers B. parents C. visitors D. cats

11. A. help B. educate C. reward D. protect

12. A. available B. widespread C. lacking D. accessible

13. A. spirits B. costs C. resources D. profits

14. A. quality B. ability C. stages D. theories

15. A. ordinary B. special C. similar D. debatable

16. A. clean up B. seek out C. set up D. point out

17. A. trade B. discussion C. check D. adoption

18. A. founders B. experts C. owners D. pets

19. A. ends B. fails C. appears D. works

20. A. developed B. ran C. reduced D. switched

4

I believe in miracles because I’ve seen so many of them.

One day， a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a? in my upper jaw，” she said. “I told my own dentist it’s nothing， but he? I come to see you.”

Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He wanted to? something， but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that? over much of the roof of her mouth. A careful examination later? that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.

During her next appointment， I explained to her the? of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said， “I know you’re? about me， but I’m just fine.”

I thought otherwise. After considerable? on my part， and kindness on her part because she wanted to? me， she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him， but as I? ， declined the treatment.

About six months later she returned to my office， still energetic and .

“How are you？” I asked.

“I’m just fine， honey，” she? in high spirits.

Surprised to see her at all， I answered ， “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”

I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had? nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness .

I had? of such things happening， but had never seen them with my own eyes. That was my first . Since then I’ve seen many others， because they keep getting? to see. In fact， miracles are daily events for me now. And people are miracle， for through them we have a? to know ourselves and to? the miracles of one another.

Since my first miracle， I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is wherever we choose to find it.

1. A. cut B. pain C. wound D. cancer

2. A. declared B. admitted C. promised D. insisted

3. A. give B. take C. add D. offer

4. A. spread B. came C. turned D. left

5. A. confirmed B. explained C. reminded D. meant

6. A. possibility B. importance C. seriousness D. result

7. A. curious B. sure C. worried D. sorry

8. A. action B. support C. approval D. effort

9. A. persuade B. please C. encourage D. astonish

10. A. predicted B. planned C. wanted D. knew

11. A. healthy B. independent C. optimistic D. strong

12. A. continued B. responded C. laughed D. greeted

13. A. eagerly B. confusedly C. patiently D. confidently

14. A. covered B. reached C. controlled D. filled

15. A. cured B. appeared C. expanded D. remained

16. A. thought B. dreamt C. talked D. read

17. A. case B. treatment C. miracle D. lesson

18. A. easier B. better C. happier D. closer

19. A. time B. chance C. wish D. duty

20. A. hear B. make C. keep D. see

5

I had a habit of skipping to the last page of a book. I just wanted to see how it 1 while I was still in the middle of it. This habit 2 first my mom， then my friends， and 3 even my own daughter. Often my 4 wouldn’t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were 5 as well. Then one day my daughter told me in anger， “Dad， please just read a book one 6 at a time like everyone else！”

At times I didn’t 7 this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and 8 out what to do months or even years from now instead of 9 each day at present. Although I knew that the book of my 10 wasn’t done yet and that I had many pages 11 to go， I still couldn’t 12 my burning desire to write the ending of it halfway through. Time and time again， I would 13 jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened. Life， however， doesn’t work like that. It loves to 14 us， and you never know what new problems， changes， or opportunities each 15 day will bring about.

Recently when I found myself living in the 16 again， I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to “ 17 one day at a time”. When I heard those words， I 18 ， turned the book of my life to the 19 page， and thanked God for today.

Each of us has to 20 the book of life line by line， moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.

1. A. happened B. developed C. ended D. appeared

2. A. confused B. annoyed C. scared D. interested

3. A. usually B. obviously C. accidentally D. finally

4. A. impatience B. misunderstanding C. disappointment D. disagreement

5. A. talking B. reading C. thinking D. watching

6. A. page B. copy C. chapter D. edition

7. A. contribute B. devote C. apply D. limit

8. A. pick B. figure C. give D. turn

9. A. learning B. skipping C. enjoying D. praying

10. A. life B. plan C. work D. study

11. A. forgotten B. left C. kept D. designed

12. A. follow B. stand C. control D. comment

13. A. consciously B. strangely C. foolishly D. quietly

14. A. surprise B. cheat C. betray D. frighten

15. A. ordinary B. new C. important D. long

16. A. present B. future C. memory D. dream

17. A. choose B. remember C. correct D. live

18. A. regretted B. cried C. hesitated D. smiled

19. A. last B. hopeful C. colorful D. right

20. A. write B. review C. explain D. describe

6

In recent weeks customers have been queuing at Donut City， starting at 4：30 am， to buy dozens of doughnuts （甜甜圈）. Customers say the doughnuts are 1 . But the taste is not the reason why they’ve been waiting in 2 to buy them.

It started a few weeks ago， when customers started noticing that something was 3 .

Every day for the past 28 years， the friendly husband-and-wife 4 of Donut City—Stella and John Chhan—have stood behind the counter selling doughnuts. But then one day， Stella Chhan wasn’t there.

When customers enquired， John Chhan， 62， told them Stella had fallen ill and was 5 in a nursing home. He would visit his wife once all the doughnuts were 6 .

Dawn Caviola， a 7 of Donut City， thought if 8 people would buy a dozen doughnuts every morning， John Chhan could close early and go to 9 his wife.

After Caviola posted the 10 on the neighborhood message board， neighbors and fans responded in a positive way. They started 11 up in the dark， ordering dozens of doughnuts.

Jenee Rogers has been a 12 Donut City customer for the past 20 years. She saw a local news story about the? 13 to help the Chhans， which included trying to set up a GoFundMe page to 14 money to help the Chhans， but they 15 the offer. Rogers said she and all of her friends started to spread the word to go to the shop 16 and buy doughnuts.

When Stella Chhan 17 fell ill a few weeks ago， John Chhan said， she couldn’t speak and had trouble 18 . Now she’s talking some and can sit down on her own and she is getting better and better.

In a phone interview， John Chhan expressed how thankful he is to his 19 customers.

“I 20 it，” he said. “I just can’t say enough thank you and thank you.”

1. A. cheap B. delicious C. smelly D. juicy

2. A. line B. exchange C. panic D. return

3. A. astonishing B. interesting C. awkward D. wrong

4. A. customers B. neighbors C. owners D. waiters

5. A. sleeping B. volunteering C. recovering D. living

6. A. taken out B. sold out C. called off D. put off

7. A. worker B. citizen C. reporter D. fan

8. A. most B. enough C. thoughtful D. warm-hearted

9. A. accompany B. examine C. encourage D. comfort

10. A. choice B. activity C. idea D. advertisement

11. A. turning B. looking C. checking D. making

12. A. modest B. regular C. responsible D. strict

13. A. command B. wish C. effort D. routine

14. A. raise B. earn C. save D. borrow

15. A. accepted B. liked C. shared D. declined

16. A. early B. purposely C. directly D. frequently

17. A. eventually B. initially C. occasionally D. gradually

18. A. listening B. watching C. tasting D. moving

19. A. honest B. gentle C. polite D. considerate

20. A. regret B. desire C. appreciate D. deserve

7

Allen decided to leave home city and make a living by himself because his family was too poor. Before leaving， he told his father， “I want to learn the 1 performance.”

His father was 2 with his answer， “What？ No， you can’t do that. A circus is the place for clowns in many people’s eyes. Our family will be 3 of you.”

But Allen 4 ， “Our family is so poor now. Which is more important to you， 5 or food？ I will give you some money every month from the circus. It probably will be a huge 6 .” His father was very 7 ， “If you go there， somebody will know about it very soon and I’ll be very 8 .”

After 9 difficulties， Allen finally found a circus and 10 the owner to let him stay. He worked very hard studying magic and lived with animals. Every month， his parents would get a 11 from him. But they never knew his address. They knew the money was from Allen but when people asked them about Allen’s 12 ， they never told them the truth. Later， his parents received 13 money from him.

Then， a magician named Allert became very famous in the whole world. Everyone thought 14 of his performance. One day， Allen’s father went to visit a relative in another 15 . The relative paid a lot for tickets of the magician’s show. Allen’s father went to the show. During the show， Allen’s father was totally 16 by the magician’s tricks. When the magician took off his 17 ， the father found Albert was his son， Allen.

Allen recognized his father. His father 18 him， “Why did you change your name？”

“Because you said you would be embarrassed for me.”

“But 19 will know the famous magician is my son Allen.”

Every good thing comes at a 20 . You can’t have them all without giving up something.

1. A. music B. theater C. circus D. dance

2. A. satisfied B. unhappy C. curious D. hopeful

3. A. guilty B. proud C. tired D. ashamed

4. A. insisted B. demanded C. added D. thought

5. A. dignity B. honesty C. love D. money

6. A. career B. success C. fortune D. performance

7. A. amazing B. stubborn C. understanding D. confused

8. A. embarrassed B. disappointed C. annoyed D. frightened

9. A. leaving out B. ending up C. getting into D. going through

10. A. forced B. convinced C. promised D. expected

11. A. letter B. photo C. check D. card

12. A. job B. study C. address D. boss

13. A. less B. more C. none D. little

14. A. badly B. sadly C. highly D. sincerely

15. A. village B. city C. community D. country

16. A. affected B. puzzled C. pleased D. impressed

17. A. jacket B. glasses C. mask D. gloves

18. A. hugged B. praised C. thanked D. blamed

19. A. nobody B. everybody C. somebody D. anybody

20. A. reason B. point C. reward D. price

8

After typhoon， I went to the disaster-stricken area to look after rescued animals. There I met Lucy， another 1 .

Lucy operates an animal 2 center. When I came to her website， I 3 a picture of Victor， a dog. I asked Lucy about Victor. She told me that she rescued Victor from a 4 man who’d thrown him around and put him into a tiny box. Victor had 5 on Lucy’s lap for several hours while she assured him he was safe and 6 to find him a loving home.

I decided to 7 Victor. I renamed him “Chase” for his 8 for chasing everything. Months later， Chase’s love for people and his 9 nature led us to earn a therapy-dog certification （治療犬證書） and start a 10 program at the local 11 .

Kids read out to Chase to 12 their skills. Sometimes， even a kid who is 13 with reading will be comfortable doing so to a dog.

One little girl jumped up and down when she saw Chase entering the library. Her joyful enthusiasm made me 14 . When Chase greeted her with a 15 ， she clapped and said， “Look， Mommy， he’s bowing！” Chase gave her his undivided 16 while she read him a story. When her time was up， she signed up to read again.

I’m 17 for everything about Chase that made this girl jump so happily. I hadn’t 18 him to bow; he’d bowed naturally. I’d known the library visits would be about helping kids learn to read. But I hadn’t realized what a 19 builder those visits would be for kids who were shy or didn’t fit in. Chase was also a wonderful ambassador （形象大使） for dogs—teaching kids to be loving and 20 to animals.

1. A. journalist B. teacher C. doctor D. volunteer

2. A. health B. rescue C. treatment D. recovery

3. A. studied B. took C. viewed D. drew

4. A. noble-minded B. warm-hearted C. bad-tempered D. near-sighted

5. A. trembled B. depended C. slept D. barked

6. A. promised B. managed C. failed D. pretended

7. A. support B. adopt C. accompany D. meet

8. A. hope B. talent C. desire D. passion

9. A. gentle B. restless C. competitive D. ambitious

10. A. writing B. comforting C. reading D. learning

11. A. library B. school C. hospital D. nursery

12. A. discover B. examine C. challenge D. practice

13. A. arguing B. dealing C. struggling D. working

14. A. weep B. smile C. think D. stay

15. A. bow B. kiss C. wave D. shake

16. A. benefit B. interest C. affection D. attention

17. A. careful B. regretful C. grateful D. pitiful

18. A. asked B. trained C. invited D. wanted

19. A. experience B. confidence C. appreciation D. fortune

20. A. honest B. familiar C. loyal D. caring

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