I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn

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I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier(收银员) ___41___ her by name and asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, shook her hand, and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my ___42___ son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to ___43___ the holidays. ”Then she gave the cashier food stamps.
My heart ___44___. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to ___45___ her groceries or ask for her husband’s situation?
___46___ I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought might help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an ___47___ of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life ___48___.
My heart beat faster as I ___49___ the woman. “Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really ___50___ time right now. I’m so sorry, but I’d like to give you something.”
I took a small card out of my purse and ___51___ it to her.
When the woman read the only two words on the card, she began to cry. And through her ___52___, she said, “You have no idea how much this ___53___ to me.”
I was a little ___54___ by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of ___55___ I might receive. All I could think to respond was, “Oh! Would it be OK to give you a ___56___?
After we hugged ___57___,I walked back to my car and began to cry, too.
The words on the card?
“You Matter.”
A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave a similar card as ___58___ for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a ___59___ glow(光辉，喜悦)spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started ___60___ them.
41. A. charged B. greeted C. blame D. heard
42. A. confident B. independent C. hopeless D. stubborn
43. A. think about B. give up C. lead to D. get through
44. A. ached B. failed C. beat D. paused
45. A. send for B. provide for C. pay for D. beg for
46. A. As B. Though C. Unless D. Since
47. A. excuse B. offer C. experience D. anecdote
48. A. harder B. wealthier C. simpler D. better
49. A. touched B. found C. balanced D. approached
50. A. happy B. tough C. regular D. long
51. A. handed B. obsessed C. spread D. explained
52. A. reliability B. fears C. tears D. beliefs
53. A. brings B. means C. values D. contains
54. A. worried B. excited C. moved D. shocked
55. A. reaction B. feeling C. expression D. answer
56. A. present B. promise C. hug D. ride
57. A. wildly B. tightly C. anxiously D. eagerly
58. A. progress B. effort C. encouragement D. praise
59. A. warm B. rich C. soft D. fierce
60. A. gathering B. enjoying C. preparing D. sharing
【答案】41. B    42. C    43. D    44. A    45. C    46. A    47. B    48. D    49. D    50. B    51. A    52. C    53. B    54. D    55. A    56. C    57. B    58. C    59. A    60. D
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