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My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old. I always 41 people as soon as possible with whatever they needed.
At that time, I noticed that many 42 people had difficulty going to the grocery store 43  a snowstorm. I would spend part of a 44 Saturday knocking on my elderly neighbor’s apartment doors to ask if they 45 anything from the store. The 46  was down a hill and I would bring back a couple of bags of goods for them. I liked it and it made them so  47  , too.
My friends asked me 48  I was doing and after some time some of them 49  in and it became a  50  as time went by. I 51 asked for money for what I did, but sometimes the old ladies would  52  the change in my pocket secretly. The next time I would buy some flowers or cards for them.
When I went to college, many of these people would 53  my mother about me, 54 my mother didn’t always know who they were. It was through those 55 between my mother and these people that she  56 what I used to do for them — I had never told her.
I 57 helping others when I was 12 and it  58until today. Now, I’m a teacher and teaching my students the art of true 59 . At first I wrote this for my diary, but my mother said why not 60 it with everyone. I hope this inspires younger people and the old alike.
41. A. helped                     B. gave                        C. cared                       D. offered
42. A. lazy                         B. tired                        C. kind                         D. old
43. A. after                        B. before                      C. until                        D. since
44. A. fine                        B. snowy                      C. funny                       D. busy
45. A. got                          B. fetched                     C. needed                     D. took
46. A. store                        B. factory                     C. hospital                    D. college
47. A. sad                          B. happy                      C. strange                     D. young
48. A. whether                   B. when                       C. why                         D. what
49. A. turned                      B. looked                     C. gave                        D. joined
50. A. rule                         B. habit                        C. tradition                   D. custom
51. A. never                       B. usually                     C. always                     D. sometimes
52. A. put                          B. choose                     C. save                         D. keep
53. A. think                       B. ask                          C. guess                       D. find
54. A. but                          B. and                          C. so                           D. or
55. A. conversations            B. discussion                 C. statements                D. speeches
56. A. knew from               B. thought over             C. learned about            D. talked about
57. A. finished                   B. started                      C. stopped                    D. lasted
58. A. pauses                      B. remains                    C. continues                  D. follows
59. A. love                         B. kindness                   C. friendship                 D. honesty
60. A. show                       B. divide                      C. deliver                     D. share