(2021年山东省潍坊市五县市联考)
A gentleman lost his family when young. He was homeless and went to the local __1__every day. Although the church never let him in, they left one of the windows__2__so he could hear mass (弥撒曲).It gave him __3__ and comfort. Many times we would bring him into our home for a hot shower, or a hot meal. Those were the times when his eyes lit up, almost like he __4__ everything he was going through.
Every winter I would get nervous for him and other __5__ people. I would take blankets and gloves to hand out. It never felt like__6__. This winter was the__7__. One night, concerned about our friend, I headed out with warm food and extra blankets. I found our friend’s __8__ but didn’t hear a sound. Worried, I opened the tent and was__9__by what I saw. Another elder gentleman that was new to town was sleeping __10__ under a pile of blankets. Our friend had__11__him with all of the blankets to keep him__12__. Our friend sacrificed himself so another fellow human could__13__a cold night.
Our friend was buried in our local cemetery (墓地).The only people that__14__were our town’s few homeless people, my husband, my dogs and me. No matter how many blankets I buy, it will never be enough, but it’s__15__. The whole society should make efforts.
( )1.A.hospital B.church
C.factory D.government
( )2.A.free B.broken
C.closed D.open
( )3.A.hope B.desire
C.ambition D.attitude
( )4.A.expected B.knew
C.forgot D.blessed
( )5.A.homeless B.hopeless
C.careless D.selfless
( )6.A.enough B.storage
C.donation D.lack
( )7.A.best B.worst
C.least D.most
( )8.A.apartment B.workplace
C.tent D.yard
( )9.A.moved B.excited
C.frightened D.tired
( )10.A.impatiently B.soundly
C.nervously D.freely
( )11.A.chained B.covered
C.approached D.impressed
( )12.A.inspired B.quiet
C.awake D.warm
( )13.A.experience B.survive
C.waste D.celebrate
( )14.A.attended B.formed
C.left D.missed
( )15.A.nothing B.anything
C.something D.everything