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备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(天津专用)
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(2023·天津河北·统考一模)It was the middle of the night when firefighters Paul Hullings and Tim Young stopped at the Route 130 restaurant that waitress Liz Woodward worked at. They had just finished 1 a massive basement fire. It had taken most of the night to extinguish it, and they were 2 .
Woodward noticed the tired firefighters and started a conversation with them. When she learned that they had spent hours courageously fighting the fire, she was 3 . So when the men were ready to leave, she left the bill on the table – already 4 .
Woodward also left a(n) 5 on the bill to thank the firefighters for their service: “Your breakfast is on me today – Thank you for all that you do: for serving others and for running into the places everyone else 6 . No matter what your role is, you are courageous and strong ...”
The firefighters were 7 to tears: “What a(n) 8 and kind act! I definitely encourage my friends to patronize (经常光顾) this restaurant to 9 the business, and if Woodward happens to be your waitress, tip 10 .”
Woodward’s gift and 11 words let the firefighters know that they were 12 and that local people cared about them. A(n) 13 thank you can make a job worth doing.
Little did they know, Woodward was fighting her own 14 . She was also courageous and strong - for her dad, a quadriplegic (四肢瘫痪者) who was in 15 need of a wheelchair – accessible van. Woodward was trying to raise money for him.
What goes around comes around, as they say, and Woodward was destined to be 16 for her random act of kindness. When they learned of Woodward’s difficulty, they talked to local news media and hoped to help Woodward with her fundraising 17 .
And it 18 . Since the story got out, she has raised over $86,000. The firefighters’ act of 19 inspired the waitress’ act of kindness, which 20