Now you’re a fool for helping. “I don’t want to get
” seems to have become a national motto. One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California to New Orleans, Louisiana. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb
and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time when you’d be called a jerk (混蛋) for passing by somebody _
___ .
Several days later I was still
_ _ about the hitchhiker (搭便車(chē)的人), about how I didn’t even lift my foot
_ _ the accelerator (加速踏板) for him. “Does anyone stop any more?” I wondered. I
Blanche DuBois’s famous line—”I have always depended on the kindness of
.” Was that possible these days? One way to
this would be for a person to journey across the US without any money, just __
_ _ on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support?
The idea intrigued (激起興趣) me.
The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never done something truly crazy. __
_ _ I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only accept __
_ of rides, food and places to sleep. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. I was treated kindly everywhere I went. I was __
_ _ by people’s readiness to help a stranger.
In Oregon, a house painter named Mike __
_ _ the cold weather and asked if I had a coat. I didn’t, so he gave me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker in Michigan named Tim invited me to a(n) _
_ _ _ dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me a tent. I
, but Tim insisted, packing it into my bag himself. I found people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or __
_ _ with them whatever they happened to have. Those who had the _
_ _ _ to give often gave the most.
I’m __
_ _ to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter and their gifts. My faith in ordinary folks was __
_ _. I am proud to live in a country where people are still willing to help. Now about the hitchhiker I met the other day, I am feeling
__ _ that I did not stop to take him along .
小題1: | A.involved | B.crazy | C.blamed | D.rejected |
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小題2: | A.a(chǎn)way | B.in | C.over | D.out |
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小題3: | A.in danger | B.in need | C.in action | D.in favor |
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小題4: | A.worrying | B.considering | C.concerning | D.thinking |
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小題5: | A.off | B.on | C.a(chǎn)way | D.from |
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小題6: | A.concluded | B.recalled | C.polished | D.submitted |
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小題7: | A.strangers | B.relatives | C.friends | D.colleagues |
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小題8: | A.guide | B.test | C.handle | D.conduct |
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小題9: | A.basing | B.relying | C.insisting | D.relating |
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小題11: | A.jobs | B.supplies | C.helps | D.offers |
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小題12: | A.frightened | B.a(chǎn)nnoyed | C.disappointed | D.a(chǎn)mazed |
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小題13: | A.noted | B.saw | C.felt | D.sensed |
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小題14: | A.simple | B.rich | C.a(chǎn)wesome | D.interesting |
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小題15: | A.understood | B.refused | C.paused | D.disobeyed |
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小題16: | A.supplied | B.offered | C.shared | D.provided |
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小題17: | A.grandest | B.most | C.least | D.best |
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小題18: | A.careful | B.grateful | C.hopeful | D.helpful |
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小題19: | A.created | B.reminded | C.renewed | D.returned |
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小題20: | A.guilty | B.sceptical | C.delighted | D.shallow |
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