Last Sunday, Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City. A number of _________ had been set up for the homeless in the area.
My husband was not available to _________ our two sons, so I took 9-year-old Tony and 5-year-old Toby with me. Many of the people we _________ had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes. My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their _________ ideas about how people lived in the world.
"Why don't they buy food _________ us?" "Why don't they have homes?"…
We talked about the _________ why people ended up in that type of situation. And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them, " Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources（资源）," I _________.
I was _________ that my boys would make too much noise. But to my _________, the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them. Many said how fun it was to have __________ children around.
After dinner, I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men. He was __________ them talk about sports. To be honest, I had __________ realized that he was such a good listener. __________ some people returned to their tents, I heard Tony say to them, "Thanks so much for having dinner with us." I could see that his simple words had __________ them greatly. I hugged him a little tighter（更紧的）because what he said had touched me too. It was a great reminder that treating people with __________ can lift all of us up.
【1】A.houses B.shops C.tents D.schools
【2】A.look up B.look after C.look into D.look for
【3】A.raised B.served C.saved D.admired
【4】A.good B.different C.strange D.common
【5】A.like B.from C.for D.with
【6】A.excuses B.wishes C.interests D.reasons
【7】A.explained B.agreed C.realized D.suggested
【8】A.angry B.worried C.mad D.crazy
【9】A.sadness B.regret C.surprise D.excitement
【10】A.polite B.active C.intelligent D.hard-working
【11】A.agreeing with B.running after C.depending on D.listening to
【12】A.never B.always C.ever D.usually
【13】A.If B.Although C.As D.Because
【14】A.touched B.disappointed C.hurt D.shocked
【15】A.power B.smile C.respect D.encouragement