Last summer vacation, my brother got a set of bedroom furniture (家具) for his thirteenth birthday. When it arrived, I helped my parents moved the __31__ furniture to the garage(车库). It was still in good condition. I thought it might be a chance for us to __32__ someone in our community.
I started to search neighbors, anyone who __33__ a bedroom set. Finally, my mom helped me call the local elementary school. They told me about Jaila, a second – grader, the daughter of a poor single mother. I was given an address and a telephone number, and I soon found my at Jaila’s.
The moment I went into Jaila's room, I knew I had taken on too big a __34__. When I pushed the old door open,it made a long high noise. But the door was nothing compared with the rest of the room. Some old paint was 35 the wall. One of the windows was broken. The bed was just a mattress (床垫)lying on the old carpet (地毯).It seemed that the room needed more than furniture — it __36__ — for a complete makeover.
That day I spent at least an hour looking around and wondering how I could possibly 37 the room. I had never painted a wall, let alone recarpeted a floor. The second day, I returned with a large group of 38 — my Girl Scout troop. We went to collect everything needed d17教育网:www.17jiaoyu.comoor to door in our community. We replaced, repainted, and redecorated Jaila's room. We sweated in Jaila’ s house for more than ten hours every day that week.
The moment we finished, we called Juila into the room. She jumped, laughed and hugged each of us. I turned to Jailu's mother, and saw she had tears running down her face.
"Anna," Jaila called my name_ 39__ .
"Yes
“ Welcome to my new room !
When we saw how happy Jaila and her mother were, our __40__ disappeared into thin air. We are really proud to make a simple donation a worthwhile experience of changing someone's life.
31. A. only B. old C. new D. other
32. A. thank B. praise C. help D. Encourage
33. A. made B. ordered C. repaired D. Needed
34. A. task B. mistake C. family D. game
35. A. with B. off C. in D. Across
36. A. stood B. cried C. paid D. Cared
37. A. fix B. clean C. empty D. build
38. A. watches B. players C. guides D. helpers
39. A. bravely B. nervously C. excitedly D. hopefully
40. A. happiness B. eagerness C. sadness D. tiredness