Movingcanbringoutthebestandtheworstinpeople,I'mfinding....

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Moving can bring out the best and the worst in people, I'm finding. And I've discovered where a very generous spirit lives: Defiance, Ohio.

After suffering through many months of unemployment, my wife and I had to move this week from Colorado to Ohio, where she would work as a sales knowing anyone there, we were pretty concerned about all the work, including how we'd get all things unloaded without killing ourselves.

We decided to pay a couple of college students to help with all the heavy lifting once we got one neighbor after another stopped by and joined in.“What? Have we moved to some other country? Maybe we've died and gone to heaven！” I thought.

Unloading actually became fun as we connected with so many wonderful new friends as we more people that helped, the easier the work became.A job that we were afraid might take days for the two of us alone was finished in a few total strangers would either walk by or drive by to ask us if we were moving were delighted that this fine old house that had sat empty for so long was coming to life were invited to an outdoor meal last night by neighbors on the same street.

All the while, my brain was on this new sense of hope that people could be out­going and kind to g all the conversation were lots of offers to be of help to one another in a variety of 's wonderful to live in such a kind little town.I feel so grateful to be here, and wish the rest of the world could see how an entire society can be a model for what it's like to look out for one another.I used to stay away from friendships with strangers, but now I live in Defiance!

1．The author and his wife moved to Defiance because        .

A．for them，moving often brings out the best

B．his wife had found a better­paid job

C．they liked this little town

D．his wife got a job there

2．When offered help, the author at first felt         .

A．grateful                        B．surprised

C．ashamed                         D．excited

3．The neighbors did all of the following EXCEPT        .

A．help them unload

B．invite them to a dinner

C．offer to drive them around

D．welcome their coming

4．What can we know about the author's past life?

A．He hated to live in a little town.

B．He was used to out­going strangers.

C．He usually offered some help to others.

D．He refused to make friends with strangers.

5．What does the author want to tell us through the passage?

A．We don't know what is good until we have lost it.

B．Kindness is the sunshine of life.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．There is no place like home.

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