17．I was standing in line behind a woman in her 60s．When it was her turn to pay，the shop owner greeted （16）Band asked how she was doing．
The woman looked down，shook her head and said，"Not so （17）D．My husband just lost his
job．I don't know how I can （18）A the holidays．"
Then she gave the shop owner the food stamps（食品券）for poor families．
My （19）Churt．I wanted to help but didn't know （20）A．Should I offer to pay for her
food，or ask for her husband's resume（簡(jiǎn)歷）？
（21）CI wallked towards my car．I met the woman again．I remembered something in my wallet．
It wasn't any money or an offer of a job，but （22）Cit would help．
"Excuse me．"I said．"I heard what you said to the shop owner．It sounds like you're going through a
really（23）Btime right now．I'm so sorry．I'd like to give you something．"
I （24）Aher the small card from my wallet．
When the woman read the two （25）Don the card，she began to cry．Through her tears，she
said，"You have no idea how much this （26）Cto me．"
To tell the truth，her reply was a little（27）D．Having never done anything like this before，I
didn't know what could happen．All I could say was"would it be OK to give you a hug？"
After that，I walked into my car and began to（28）Btoo．
The words on the card？
"You Matter．"
A few weeks earlier，a friend gave me a similar（29）Aas encouragement for my work．When I
read it，I really felt（30）D．So I ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started sharing
them．
| 16．A．him | B．her | C．me | D．us |
| 17．A．bad | B．busy | C．funny | D．good |
| 18．A．get through | B．give up | C．put off | D．talk about |
| 19．A．hand | B．head | C．heart | D．leg |
| 20．A．how | B．when | C．where | D．why |
| 21．A．After | B．Although | C．As | D．Once |
| 22．A．a(chǎn)gain | B．instead | C．maybe | D．often |
| 23．A．dull | B．hard | C．pleasant | D．special |
| 24．A．handed | B．lent | C．read | D．sold |
| 25．A．expressions | B．letters | C．sentences | D．words |
| 26．A．explains | B．introduces | C．means | D．suggests |
| 27．A．boring | B．exciting | C．relaxing | D．surprising |
| 28．A．chat | B．cry | C．drive | D．shake |
| 29．A．card | B．resume | C．stamp | D．wallet |
| 30．A．silly | B．sorry | C．well | D．warm． |
