One Friday we were packing to leave for a weekend away when my daughter heard cries for help. When I went to investigate, I discovered an elderly neighbour we          knew had taken a bad fall on her front steps. She was clearly in         so I helped her inside her house and settled her on the couch.
I noticed how          and dark her place was and it was obvious she hadn't cleaned in a while. She         she didn't need an ambulance or          help and that someone would be around soon, so I             her with a bottle of water at her side.
As I left, I felt saddened to          that apart from a few smiles in the past 18 months we had been neighbours, we hadn't          She didn't know my name and I didn't know hers, and I hadn't even noticed she hadn't been       for weeks due to backache.
That weekend I          my grandmother for her 80th birthday and noticed how clean and spacious her flat seemed in comparison to my neighbour's. Then my thoughts turned to all the            — daughters, grandkids, nieces and nephews — my grandmother had, and how         the atmosphere was.
My neighbour, as far as I knew, had no family           dropping by to visit.
When I         I went to check on her but she didn't answer my            Trying the back door and           it open, I walked inside. More grateful than scared to see me, she explained she was       . Yet, unable to bend down due to her bad back, she could not unpack groceries a delivery boy had left at floor level. Her kitchen was filled with garbage she was unable to            by herself.
We've since become good friends and chat every few days. She keeps thanking me for my kindness but I           helping her. Every time I return from putting out her garbage, collecting her mail or just chatting, I feel a deep sense of          and peace.

A．well B．barely C．widely D．never

A．pain B．relief C．sorrow D．surprise

A．vast B．quiet C．messy D．chilly

A．insisted B．promised C．advised D．agreed

A．technical B．legal C．financial D．medical

A．accompanied B．left C．annoyed D．warned

A．doubt B．notice C．regret D．realize

A．separated B．complained C．connected D．explained

A．outside B．inside C．away D．abroad

A．missed B．supported C．ignored D．met

A．assistants B．neighbours C．visitors D．fellows

A．lively B．tense C．romantic D．heavy

A．hurriedly B．officially C．normally D．regularly

A．moved B．returned C．departed D．wandered

A．phones B．questions C．knocks D．messages

A．blowing B．keeping C．finding D．tearing

A．fill B．poor C．ill D．OK

A．take out B．leave out C．pick out D．hand out

A．enjoy B．dislike C．consider D．risk

A．safety B．direction C．satisfaction D．Honesty