8、I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and there are some homeless people in the downtown. I used to give a lot of money to the   1  feeling sorry for them. However, after becoming a single mom with no home, a huge   2  and hardly any income, I   3   giving.

       Through working hard, things started to change for the better. I   4   a home for me and my daughter, and plenty of food, and I started to   5   myself out of debt. One day I saw a homeless person with a   6   "will work for food". I passed by. My daughter said, "Mommy, you used to give to those people in need. But now..." I replied, "Honey, they just use that money for drugs or other   7   things." But when I said that, I didn't feel   8 .

       Three days later, 1 was driving to   9   my daughter from school. A man was   10   on the comer looking worried, and suddenly something deep inside me said, "Just help the guy." So I 11   down my window, and he ran   12   with joy. He said, "Kind lady, I only need 77 cents for the bus ticket." I reached into my pocket and found that I didn't take my   13 .I, with a red face, spread out my hands to show that I was in no   14   to help him. But just when he   15  away, I called to him, "Wait a moment!" I found in my ashtray （烟灰缸） there sat three quarters and two pennies.   16   enough, it was the very 77 cents.

       Tears in eyes, he burst out with   17  , "Wow, you just made it possible for me to see my mom   18   Christmas! Thank you so much!"

       It is the moment that I'll never forget, because I am the one who gets the best gift in life— 19 . It also strikes me that nothing happens by accident, and giving has meaning,   20  it is only 77 cents.

1．A．poor                 B．old              C．homeless        D．sick

2．A．debt                B．chance            C．check             D．problem

3．A．continued         B．forgot             C．hated              D．stopped

4．A．earned              B．sold                 C．designed          D．built

5．A．push               B．pull                C．force            D．leave

6．A．mark             B．notice               C．sign             D．card

7．A．dangerous         B．bad               C．great              D．good

8．A．sad               B．happy            C．wrong            D．right

9．A．dress up          B．pick up             C．bring up          D．call up

10．A．lying              B．smiling           C．standing          D．crying

11．A．rolled            B．took               C．put                 D．brought

12．A．away            B．in                  C．over              D．out

13．A．phone           B．purse            C．food             D．chequebook

14．A．doubt            B．time             C．hurry             D．position

15．A．ran               B．flew             C．drove             D．turned

16．A．Naturally         B．Impossibly        C．Surprisingly        D．Luckily

17．A．joy             B．shock            C．disappointment    D．satisfaction

18．A．for             B．until             C．in              D．after

19．A．RECEIVING       B．SHARING         C．HELPING          D．GIVING

20．A．unless         B．although           C．because         D．whether