1. 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    A woman in a（n）1suit stepped in．"Hi, Libby．" she said．Wow, what a 2! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay. 3many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and 4. Look at her now: confident and hopeful. Wasn't this what we'd hoped for?

    In 2003, we'd 5this crazy dream: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register（收款台). Right away we hit hurdles（阻碍) " There is no such thing as a 6 lunch," one potential landlord（房东）sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them 7, shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no 8. The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account. 9we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street．We put flyers (传单) around the neighborhood, asked friends to 10 the word, and held our breath．

    Word traveled fast, 11stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50customers a day．A few ate without paying or 12 an hour of work. But most gave what they could, 13it was just a dollar. Those with money gave, and then more．One of our customers left a 14for 500 dollars. Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates.  15another donated a truck so we could transport 16from suppliers．

People came here partly for what our cafe17 —SAME: So A11 May Eat, We 18everyone with dignity (尊严). We hoped to develop a sense of community—so that we might19 one another. The woman in business suit was one of them. Our20 to open the cafe was worth it.

2. 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
“Are you going shopping today?” my husband, Roy, asked when I answered the telephone. “I 1 to,” I said. Thanksgiving was only a couple days away. My money was2and I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day.
For a few seconds, Roy sat 3on the other end of the line. The nervousness gradually increased under the wordlessness, which I couldn't wait to break through. “Why do you ask?” I whispered, 4what he might say.
“Nancy, there's a family with six kids that will not have anything to5for Thanksgiving. The little one is only five years old. While you're at the store could you 6 buy something for them?” My head began to spin when I was thinking about the fifty dollars I had 7 for our family's Thanksgiving dinner.
In the back of my mind I 8 the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner. I put my head down on my desk, already feeling 9. There's no way possible, I thought. But the compassion (怜悯) I heard in my husband's 10struck a nerve inside me.
I replied, “11but only if God helps.”
I finished my work and12 all the way to the nearest grocery store. I entered the parking lot and noticed a big 13in the grocery store window: Turkeys—14 cents a pound. “Thank God!” I said to myself.
I went inside, but when I read the sign my heart 14. “Limit one.” But I needed at least two so I decided to find the manager. I 15 the problem. He made an exception. To my 16, I had enough money. I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the five-year-old child who had 17 my heart, even though I had never met her.
Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home 18 with children of all ages. I will never forget the 19on the six kids' faces. By far, that was the greatest 20 of my life.

3. It was only with the help of the local guide _______.