Unit 3 Food and Culture-【金版教程】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册作业与测评word（人教版2019）

UNIT 3　FOOD AND CULTURE Section Ⅰ　Reading and Thinking 课时作业(一) Ⅰ　完形填空 (2023·河北省衡水中学高二上学期考试)Although I enjoyed my new life and the time it freed up, there always seemed to be something missing. I thought it was a result of going from a high－activity career to a life of __1__. The retirement honeymoon lasted for one whole enjoyable year. Golf took up most of my summer, curling (冰壶) in the winter, and hiking __2__ the times between. At the end of that first year, I was asked by a friend to help out at a local food bank that __3__ a winter soup kitchen. Initially, my responsibility was not too __4__. It started out to be only one day a week and took just two hours of my time. The task involved going to the local food bank, __5__ my car with pre­selected food items, and diving them to the kitchen __6__ the weekend. Within a few weeks, I was also helping to sort out the food I was bringing to the charity organization. This soon __7__ into preparing the cookers and dishes for the weekend event. My duties were __8__ from one week to the next, which kept things interesting. Sometimes, I would help serve meals; other days, I would fill in for sandwich makers who hadn't turned up for their __9__． People who came for the free meals were diverse. Some were homeless, and others were individuals who had fallen on hard times. The common thing uniting all the guests was their __10__ toward the volunteers. Most diners would thank the people from whom they had received help. That was a wonderful reward for our efforts. Another wonderful thing was that the food was given __11__. There was never any expectation to gain public __12__ for their donations; they just did it. Gradually, my volunteering __13__ have now grown to include two days at the food bank plus the weekend. Although it cost much more time than I first began this volunteering task, I found my time volunteering __14__. I can safely say that I get much more __15__ out of this type of activity than I ever managed to get f