Ilearnedmyfirstlessonatameeting.AswesataroundthetableIh...

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I learned my first lesson at a meeting. As we sat around the table I heard Meg, who was   41  a recent operation, talking to Judith, the manager of our project. “Thank you so much for   42  my daughters to their dance lessons last week.” Judith said, “It was nothing.”

Knowing how   43  Judith’s schedule was, I found her driving Meg’s children to lessons unbelievably   44  . I was about to say more about this when Donna, another colleague, entered the room   45  . She apologized for being late, saying she just hosted a lunch for her friends who were over seventy. “ That is so nice of you,” I said,   46  how busy she was, how she didn’t like to cook and clean. “Oh,” she said, waving her hand, “It was nothing.”   47  , I could still tell the   48  in her voice. She did gain a sense of satisfaction from the entertainment offered to her friends.

Seeing their   49  to help others selflessly, I started thinking about the concept of “nothing”, this peaceful and generous way of living—had it really been nothing or were they simply saying that? It   50  to me that once I spent a whole afternoon after work helping a friend   51  a speech. I   52  her to rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture to make it sound more   53  . After the fifth try, she finally   54  it. She hugged me with    55  , saying thanks to me. I smiled and said it was nothing.

Suddenly, I realized that helping someone was really something to me . I learned that giving from the heart doesn’t   56  mean sacrifice and hard work. The   57  is finding something we love to do and finding someone who   58  that something. Our generosity can benefit others   59  ourselves. Once you have a good    60  of it, it’s nothing. And it’s really something.

41. A. adapting to              B. recovering from        C. going through           D. rejoicing in

42. A. guiding                     B. fetching                    C. driving                     D. dragging

43. A. tight                          B. common                   C. strange                     D. practical

44. A. ridiculous                   B. energetic                  C. tiresome                   D. generous

45. A. disappointedly            B. angrily                      C. hurriedly                  D. unexpectedly

46. A. ignoring                     B. forgetting                 C. knowing                  D. predicting

47. A. Moreover                   B. Therefore                 C. Otherwise                D. Somehow

48. A. regret                        B. sadness                    C. surprise                    D. pleasure

49. A. willingness                 B. ambition                   C. promise                    D. progress

50. A. referred                            B. occurred                  C. appeared                  D. seemed

51. A. put up                       B. prepare for               C. give away                 D. deal with

52. A. begged                      B. invited                      C. recommended           D. sponsored

53. A. sensible                            B. confusing                 C. sensitive                   D. typical

54. A. got                            B. meant                       C. caught                            D. made

55. A. gratitude                    B. worry                      C. concern                   D. apology

56. A. normally                    B. accidentally               C. possibly                  D. necessarily

57. A. treat                          B. trick                         C. plot                          D. plan

58. A. needs                        B. admires                    C. loves                        D. defends

59. A. on account of            B. as well as                 C. except for                D. regardless of

60. A. order                         B. glimpse                    C. command                 D. impression

【回答】

41-45 BCADC  46-50 CDDAB  51-55 BCADA  56-60 DBABC

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空