Eleven-year-old Ruby loves     1    that question, but it’s not a game she plays for fun. She asks it at nursing homes in the Harrison area. Even more     2    , she then sets out to make the residents’(住户的) wishes come true.
Ruby has long been     3    to older folks. Her mother, Amanda Chitsey works at nursing homes in Arkansas, and Ruby often     4    along with her in the summer. “I’ve never found them     5     at all, so I’m able to just go up to them and ask if they need anything,” she says.
Last May, Ruby noticed a woman named Pearl     6    out a window. She seemed     7    . “What are you looking at?” Ruby asked. Pearl said she was watching her dog being     8     away by his new owner. She couldn’t afford to pay anyone to     9    it and she didn’t know when she would see her dog again. So Ruby     10    to do something about it.
She started by asking residents what three things they wanted     11     in the world. Amanda worried that people would ask for     12     and other things a kid wouldn’t be able to     13    . Instead, they asked for chocolate bars, McDonald’s fries and even just a prayer. "It     14     me as a human,” Amanda says. Using their own money, the Chitseys granted the     15     of about 100 people in three months. Then they started asking for     16    .
The people of Harrison responded     17     so much so that Amanda set up a Go Fund Me page. One of its new     18    is to set up a public laptop in one nursing home in each state. Ruby doesn’t plan to     19     the bottom of my heart I consider     20    — to be my hobby,” she says, “and I’m very good at it.
1. A. ignoring B. asking C. sharing D. answering
2. A. amazing B. pleasing C. concerning D. exciting
3. A. similar B. polite C. respectful D. close
4. A. tags B. walks C. gets D. moves
5. A. lonely B. anxious C. exhausted D. scary
6. A. keeping B. holding C. staring D. pointing
7. A. proud B. crazy C. nice D. sad
8. A. led B. driven C. put D. thrown
9. A. keep to B. look after C. search for D. feed on
10. A. decided B. promised C. replied D. learned
11.A. best B. fastest C. most D. longest
12.A. pens B. hats C. toys D. cars
13. A. order B. provide C. select D. design
14. A. made B. drove C. left D. touched
15. A. plans B. interests C. wishes D. changes
16. A. donations B. ways C. tasks D. suggestions
17. A. frankly B. enthusiastically C. differently D. intelligently
18. A. attitudes B. challenges C. goals D. urges
19. A. stop B. miss C. live D. pass
20. A. communication B. kindness C. generosity D. independence
6答案及解析：
答案：1~5：BADAD 6~10：CDABA 11~15：CDBDC 16~20：ABCAB