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
__ __ ,1 was sitting in my room watching the rain hit my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I jumped from my chair and __ 0ut. 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.
____ ,1 walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn't understand what they were saying,but the __ 0f 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 hue 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—55一,he had noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
A.believed B.noticed C.experienced D.understood
A.eve17body B.somebody C.anybody D.nobody
A.Later B.First C.Afterwards D.Meanwhile
A.looked B.raced C.spoke D.broke
A.pity B.anxiety C.guilty D.fear
A.Worried B.Curious C.Puzzled D.Annoyed
A.sense B.thought C.sight D.look
A.shook B. Luck C.pushed D.forced
A.answered B.fixed C.found D.reached
A.anger B.delight C.peace D.surprise
A.hug B.kiss C.smile D.handshake
A.held B.turned C.bowed D.raised
A.just B.still C.also D.even
A.anxious B.stressed C.lonely D.bored
A.cares B.gets C.makes D.knows
A.lucky B.proud C.hesitant D.ready
A.Since B.When C.Although D.Unless
A.receiving B.giving C.loving D.taking
A.if B.as C.until D.before
A.die B.cry C.leave D.regret