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A Deed a Day

It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat _41__ we had to take the girls to their next activity. My husband seemed a bit _42_ that dinner was not on the table.

That night, I had a heavy __43__, thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水線). We had become too __44__ in our own tasks and not very considerate towards those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would __45_ our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.

I bought a notebook, named it “Our Deed Diary” and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a _46_ for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our__47_. And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.

I thought one deed a day was too easy. However, it was actually __48_ than it seemed because it had to be something __49__what we had already done. Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not __50_.

We had a rough __51__. On some days, someone would forget to __52_ a good deed, while on other days, we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary. After a few weeks though, I found myself waking up in the morning trying to __53__what good deed I could do for someone that day. My daughters began to rush to me after school to __54_me the good deed they had done.

Now, after a year, I am happy to say that it is making a(n) __55__ in our lives. Instead of always __56_ what the day will bring for us, we think about what we can do for someone else.

Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so 57 I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only __58_ by giving to someone else from your heart. The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don’t even look for or expect anything in __59_. So, when someone does return the favor, it is an enormous and positive __60_.

41. A. though B. unless C. before D. while

42. A. annoyed B. puzzled C. embarrassed D. frightened

43. A. shoulder B. stomach C. foot D. heart

44. A. absorbed B. interested C. confident D. successful

45. A. repeat B. relate C. refocus D. recall

46. A. kindness B. task C. job D. copy

47. A. room B. home C. school D. town

48. A. stranger B. sweeter C. harder D. bigger

49. A. beyond B. from C. about D. between

50. A. matter B. count C. last D. happen

51. A. time B. life C. start D. idea

52. A. praise B. check C. record D. do