Last Sunday， Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City． A number of（1）_____ had been set up for the homeless in the area．

    My husband was not available to（2）　　 our two sons， so I took 9﹣year﹣old Tony and 5﹣year﹣old Toby with me． Many of the people we（3）　　had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes．My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their（4）　　 ideas about how people lived in the world．

    "Why don't they buy food（5）　　us？" "Why don't they have homes？"…

    We talked about the（6）　　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（7）　　．

    I was（8）　　that my boys would make too much noise． But to my（9）　　 ， the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them． Many said how fun it was to have（10）　　children around．

    After dinner， I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men．He was（11）　　them talk about sports． To be honest， I had（12）　　realized that he was such a good listener．（13）______ 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（14）　　 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（15）　　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