Somebody Loves You
One miserable rainy night, a man named Mark decided to end his life. In his mid-fifties, Mark had never been married, ____ the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family. Wet and unhappy, he walked along the streets, feeling as if there was ____ in the entire world that cared whether he lived or died. ____, I was sitting in my room watching the rain hit my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I jumped from my chair and ____ out. But my mother was already at the door. Opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face. My mother, overcome by ____,invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room.
___,I walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but the ____ of the man, holding his head in his hands and crying, made my chest ache. I raced back upstairs to my room and ___ my hand into my money jar. Pulling out my only half-dollar coin, I ran back downstairs.
When I_____ the door of the living room, I walked right in. The three adults looked at me in ___ as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it. Then I gave him a _____, turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs. I felt excited but happy.
Downstairs, Mark sat quietly with his head ____. Tears streamed down his face as he tightly held that coin. Finally looking up at my parents, he said, "It’s ____ that I thought nobody cared. For the last twenty years, I have been so ____ . That is the first hug I have ever got
. It’s hard to believe that somebody _____”
Mark's life changed that night. When he left our house, he was ____ to live instead of die._____we never saw Mark again, we received letters from him every once in a while, letting us know that he was doing fine.
My life changed that night, too, as I witnessed the huge healing power of ____.even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents.
Before Mark left, my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door. Mark said that ___ he'd walked along the streets that rainy night, helpless and ready to ___, he had noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
【小题1】 | A.believed | B.noticed | C.experienced | D.understood |
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【小题2】 | A.everybody | B.somebody | C.anybody | D.nobody |
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【小题3】 | A.Later | B.First | C.Afterwards | D.Meanwhile |
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【小题4】 | A.looked | B.raced | C.spoke | D.broke |
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【小题5】 | A.pity | B.anxiety | C.guilty | D.fear |
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【小题6】 | A.Worried | B.Curious | C.Puzzled | D.Annoyed |
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【小题7】 | A.sense | B.thought | C.sight | D.look |
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【小题8】 | A.shook | B.put | C.pushed | D.forced |
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【小题9】 | A.answered | B.fixed | C.found | D.reached |
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【小题10】 | A.anger | B.delight | C.peace | D.surprise |
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【小题11】 | A.hug | B.kiss | C.smile | D.handshake |
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【小题12】 | A.held | B.turned | C.bowed | D.raised |
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【小题13】 | A.just | B.still | C.also | D.even |
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【小题14】 | A.anxious | B.stressed | C.lonely | D.bored |
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【小题15】 | A.cares | B.gets | C.makes | D.knows |
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【小题16】 | A.lucky | B.proud | C.hesitant | D.ready |
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【小题17】 | A.Since | B.When | C.Although | D.Unless |
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【小题18】 | A.receiving | B.giving | C.loving | D.taking |
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【小题20】 | A.die | B.cry | C.leave | D.Regret |
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