Task 3

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As I was a young boy， my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbours to1a little pocket money.

One day I knocked on the door of an elderly woman and asked2she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in3and I showed her my worn4 ， which no longer kept me warm. She allowed me to work in the yard. When I finished， she looked at me and said， “I suppose you want to be5now.” She then6a jar filled with dollar bills and said， “Im glad youve done a7   job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to

8new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to9me with your report card and I will reward you when I see you have worked hard and have some good10 . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much11as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and12so much money that it was13for me to buy what I badly needed. Later， I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she promised. She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I

14her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighbourhood. I will never forget the huge

15this wonderful lady made over my life with her kindness. This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

1. A. save                    B. give                   C. earn                  D. change

2. A. how                          B. when                 C. why                   D. if

3. A. school                  B. time                  C. trouble                    D. bed

4. A. bag                           B. carpet                     C. coat                  D. sofa

5. A. punished                    B. tested                      C. praised               D. paid

6. A. set up                  B. took out             C. talked about       D. put away

7. A. boring                  B. new                   C. fine                   D. terrible

8. A. keep                    B. buy                   C. remove              D. make

9. A. visit                     B. forgive                     C. welcome            D. serve

10. A. goals                  B. stories                     C. marks                      D. ideas

11. A. room                 B. money                     C. food                  D. time

12. A. grabbed              B. lost                   C. borrowed                 D. charged

13. A. rare                   B. enough              C. simple                     D. special

14. A. asked                      B. required              C. showed              D. wrote

15. A. decision              B. progress             C. mistake              D. difference