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The train had been long delayed. Running out of ____1____, Andy put down his book and looked out. He found the____2____at once: it was raining hard.
He lay down and fell asleep but was soon woken up by a woman. She handed him his bag and ____3____ that it had slipped to the floor. He gratefully took it back and opened it,____4____ to see his mother’s scarf and some sandwiches inside.
Andy’s thoughts drifted(飘)to when he was ____5____. His mother had insisted on putting her scarf in. “If it rains, it may get cold.” He remembered feeling____6____and had taken it out. But it was still here.
____7____ Andy realized he was burning with fever. Feeling helpless, he called his mum. “Take a ____8____I have put in medicine, just____9____,” she suggested. Touched by his mother’s_____10_____he took the medicine and soon fell deep asleep in the_____11_____of the scarf.
Andy woke up later feeling much better. Then he noticed the woman,who’d_____12_____him earlier, _____13_____ holding a baby in her arms, both shaking. Their clothes did little against the cold wind.
Without thinking twice, Andy wrapped his mother’s scarf around the baby. To his _____14_____, the child soon fell asleep in the love of not one, but two_____15_____.
1.A.luck    B.patience    C.time    D.energy
2.A.train    B.truth    C.cause    D.notice
3.A.insisted    B.explained    C.apologized    D.admitted
4.A.surprised    B.ready    C.thankful    D.expecting
5.A.checking    B.leaving    C.planning    D.packing
6.A.hurt    B.annoyed    C.ashamed    D.puzzled
7.A.Lately    B.Finally    C.Suddenly    D.Instantly
8.A.look    B.pill    C.rest    D.sandwich
9.A.for safety    B.on purpose    C.in case    D.by accident
10.A.calmness    B.confidence    C.comfort    D.care
11.A.warmth    B.memory    C.smell    D.touch
12.A.helped    B.pleased    C.disturbed    D.greeted
13.A.comfortably    B.safely    C.gently    D.tightly
14.A.relief    B.amazement    C.mind    D.advantage
15.A.arms    B.scarfs    C.passengers    D.mothers
Amy Jandrisevits knows the value of a good doll. “Dolls have a ___16___ we don’t completely understand,” she said. It’s a ___17___ she came to while working as a social worker using dolls to help her young clients ___18___ their changing medical situations. M
any of the kids saw themselves in those dolls. But for the kids who had ___19___ a leg or lost their hair, there were ___20___ they could relate to.
So, seven years ago, when a friend revealed that her child had facial deformities (缺陷), Jandrisevits knew what might help the youth through the ___21___ period. “It’s hard to tell a kid, ‘You are perfect the way you are,’ and to build ___22___ that way, but never offer them anything that ___23___ like them,” she says.
Jandrisevits crafted a doll by hand-using fabric, sewing, and markers-that looked similar to her friend’s child and ___24___ the gift. After the friend posted a photo online of the ___25___ child and doll, Jandrisevits was asked to make dolls for ___26___ with scars, birthmarks, tracheotomies(气管切开术)- in short, a doll like them. She quit her job and started a nonprofit to sort something out___27___ her services.
At home, it takes her roughly seven hours to craft each doll based on photos sent by ___28___ or caregivers. She has made over 400 dolls, and the waiting list is long, but Jandrisevits is ___29___. As she explains, “Every kid, regardless of age, ethnicity ___30__
_issue, or body type, should look into the sweet face of a doll and see their own.”
16.A.character    B.strength    C.power    D.secret
17.A.decision    B.conclusion    C.agreement    D.situation
18.A.go against    B.look back    C.adapt to    D.carry on
19.A.broken    B.missed    C.hurt    D.cured
20.A.many    B.ones    C.some    D.none
21.A.final    B.challenging    C.ugly    D.long
22.A.self-esteem    B.self-discipline    C.self-care    D.self-service
23.A.acts    B.feels    C.looks    D.grows
24.A.sent off    B.handed in    C.took away    D.gave out
25.A.crying    B.frowning    C.sleeping    D.smiling
26.A.children    B.patients    C.people    D.doctors
27.A.sell    B.display    C.donate    D.send
28.A.children    B.relatives    C.friends    D.parents
29.A.optimistic    B.reliable    C.enthusiastic    D.thoughtful
30.A.gender    B.personal    C.medical    D.mental
I sat staring out of the window, holding back tears, as the old red bus moved along one of the main highways in Guatemala City. For nine months I had been ___31___ in the Guatemalan capital with an aid organization that helps ____32____ living and working on the streets. I found the work challenging and ___33___, but my repeated attacks of poor ___34___ had led the organization’s doctor to order me to fly back home.

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