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Sometimes, a hug is all that we need.
In this age of social disconnectivity and __1__ of human contact (接触), the __2__ of the Free Hugs campaign have become amazing.
I'd been living in London when my world turned upside down and I had wanted to come home __3__. By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had was a bag full of clothes and a world of __4__. There was no one to __5__ me back. No place to call home.
Standing there, watching other __6__ meeting their waiting friends and family with __7__ arms and smiling faces, hugging and laughing together, I __8__ someone out there to be waiting for me, to be __9__ to see me, to smile at me, to hug me.
So I got some cardboard (硬纸板) and made a __10__. I found the busiest street in the city and held it over my head, with the words “Free Hugs” on both __11__.
And for 15 minutes, people passing by just stared at me and then __12__. The first person who stopped __13__ me on the shoulder and told me that her dog had just died that morning, and that morning __14__ to be the first anniversary of her only daughter dying in a car accident. She said what she needed now, when she felt most __15__ in the world, was a hug. We put our arms __16__ each other and when we __17__, she was smiling.
To see someone who was once frowning __18__ even for a moment made it all __19__. So let's reach out and hug a stranger to __20__ their lives!
1.A. fear
B. lack
C. expansion
D. development
2.A. causes
B. kinds
C. effects
D. aims
3.A. gladly
B. angrily
C. desperately
D. excitedly
4.A. doubts
B. fun
C. wonders
D. troubles
5.A. welcome
B. send
C. walk
D. call
6.A. patients
B. workers
C. passengers
D. travelers
7.A. strong
B. open
C. right
D. bare
8.A. asked
B. wanted
C. told
D. advised
9.A. surprised
B. likely
C. lucky
D. happy
10.A. signal
B. box
C. gift
D. sign
11.A. sides
B. words
C. hands
D. boards
12.A. stopped
B. left
C. cried
D. helped