I learned my first lesson at a meeting. As we sat around the table I heard Meg, who was _______a recent operation, talking to Judith, the manager of our project. “Thank you so much for _______my daughters to their dance lessons last week.” Judith said, “It was nothing.”

Knowing how _______Judith’s schedule was, I found her driving Meg’s children to lessons unbelievably _______. I was about to say more about this when Donna, another colleague, entered the room _______. She apologized for being late, saying she just hosted a lunch for her friends who were over seventy. “That is so nice of you,” I said, _______how busy she was, how she didn’t like to cook and clean. “Oh,” she said, waving her hand, “It was nothing.” _______, I could still tell the _______in her voice. She did gain a sense of satisfaction from the entertainment offered to her friends.

Seeing their _______to help others selflessly, I started thinking about the concept of “nothing”, this peaceful and generous way of living—had it really been nothing or were they simply saying that? It ________to me that once I spent a whole afternoon after work helping a friend ________a speech. I ________her to rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture to make it sound more ________. After the fifth try, she finally ________it. She hugged me with ________, saying thanks to me. I smiled and said it was nothing.

Suddenly, I realized that helping someone was really something to me. I learned that giving from the heart doesn’t ________mean sacrifice and hard work. The ________is finding something we love to do and finding someone who ________that something. Our generosity can benefit others ________ourselves. Once you have a good ________ of it, it’s nothing. And it’s really something.

1.A. adapting to B. recovering from C. going through D. rejoicing in

2.A. guiding B. fetching C. driving D. dragging

3.A. tight B. common C. strange D. practical

4.A. ridiculous B. energetic C. tiresome D. generous

5.A. disappointedly B. angrily C. hurriedly D. unexpectedly

6.A. ignoring B. forgetting C. knowing D. predicting

7.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Somehow

8.A. regret B. sadness C. surprise D. pleasure

9.A. willingness B. ambition C. promise D. progress

10.A. referred B. occurred C. appeared D. seemed

11.A. put up B. prepare for C. give away D. deal with

12.A. begged B. invited C. recommended D. sponsored

13.A. sensible B. confusing C. sensitive D. typical

14.A. got B. meant C. caught D. made

15.A. gratitude B. worry C. concern D. apology

16.A. normally B. accidentally C. possibly D. necessarily

17.A. treat B. trick C. plot D. plan

18.A. needs B. admires C. loves D. defends

19.A. on account of B. as well as C. except for D. regardless of

20.A. order B. glimpse C. command D. impression

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