Parentsandgrandparentsareunderstandablyproudofthequic...
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Parents and grandparents are understandably proud of the quick minds and impressive talents of their little ones.
But let me tell you about another 41 , perhaps even more 42 , found in a little girl named Skylar.
I received a letter from a grandmother who told me about her four-year-old granddaughter Skylar. Ever since Skylar 43 of Disneyland from TV, she 44 her pocket money in a piggy bank to 45 it someday. However, her parents 46 her with a trip when she was four, and didn’t even 47 her to use her own money!
When Skylar returned, it was Christmas time. She wanted to buy 48 with her savings. But she also learned from announcements on TV about a local homeless 49 called “The Road House”. She repeatedly asked her mother what “homeless” meant and why those children 50 coats and warm clothes. She couldn’t seem to get the homeless off her 51 .
Her mother took her to the store to buy presents. 52 buying for herself or her family, however, she 53 to buy a warm coat, socks and gloves for a little girl in the shelter. She also wanted to buy a doll, but when she 54 she didn’t have enough money, she 55 the doll.
When Skylar got home, she 56 one of her favorite dolls and put it into the box with the other items she bought that day. She could 57 wait for Christmas! Skylar was thinking about going to the shelter and giving her 58 gifts to a homeless child. She was much filled with joy at truly59 someone else.
“Perhaps it’s good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to have a beautiful 60 ,” says Nobel Laureate John Hash. “It is that one quality, above all else, that makes beautiful people.”
41. A. condition B. advantage C. quality D. method
42. A. necessary B. important C. popular D. ordinary
43. A. learned B. spoke C. thought D. told
44. A. made B. appealed C. took D. saved
45. A. honor B. favor C. visit D. possess
46. A. disappointed B. ashamed C. appointed D. surprised
47. A. let B. require C. allow D. teach
48. A. services B. gifts C. clothes D. tickets
49. A. shelter B. family C. village D. town
50. A. sold B. wore C. needed D. liked
51. A. effect B. mind C. tendency D. experience
52. A. Instead of B. Apart from C. Along with D. In spite of
53. A. regretted B. decided C. adopted D. pretended
54. A. reminded B. promised C. forgot D. discovered
55. A. felt like B. left behind C. took away D. wrote down
56. A. chose B. kept C. lost D. watched
57. A. flexibly B. calmly C. desperately D. hardly
58. A. exchanged B. bought C. selected D. designed
59. A. helping B. appreciating C. admiring D. believing
60. A. idea B. present C. heart D. wish
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知识点:人物传记 故事阅读类
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