阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item (商品). The item she had 1 was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a 2 one. The lady 3 to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID 4 the deal could not take place.
I went to the 5 with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started 6
her of asking the first 7 person she saw to help her. Although that was 8 , I didn’t understand why it
9 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to 10 an ID in this country.
Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no 11 to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not 12 she purchased the item.
“ 13 I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be 14 the privilege — as I have proof from the past,” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he 15 to exchange the item.
There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I 16 when the woman asked for my help, but 17 in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid 18 do I actually have?” I had none, so I helped her.
The second lesson is not to judge a book by its 19 . The woman looked poor, but she 20 the same treatment as anyone else does.
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A.purchased |
B.shown |
C.lost |
D.mended |
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A.same |
B.popular |
C.similar |
D.different |
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A.managed |
B.wanted |
C.refused |
D.promised |
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A.counter |
B.department |
C.market |
D.window |
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A.warning |
B.informing |
C.reminding |
D.accusing |
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A.fair |
B.familiar |
C.impossible |
D.random |
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A.wrong |
B.true |
C.reasonable |
D.meaningful |
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A.mattered |
B.happened |
C.passed |
D.worked |
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A.leave |
B.pay |
C.find |
D.obtain |
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A.request |
B.place |
C.way |
D.need |
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A.answer |
B.prove |
C.support |
D.admit |
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A.Unless |
B.And |
C.Instead |
D.If |
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A.ordered |
B.asked |
C.denied |
D.given |
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A.agreed |
B.prepared |
C.failed |
D.remembered |
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A.struggled |
B.wondered |
C.hesitated |
D.nodded |
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A.totally |
B.gradually |
C.hardly |
D.quickly |
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A.feelings |
B.goals |
C.reasons |
D.ideas |
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A.design |
B.cover |
C.content |
D.price |
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A.deserved |
B.required |
C.received |
D.appreciated |
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