【正文】 r…sure. I guess so.” As I stuttered( 結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說 ) through my 37 , all I could think was, “What? Why me?” I walked back to my office without any idea as to where to 38 . This was a time when the economy was 39 . The rise in unemployment forced the families of many of my coworkers to 40 to survive. How could I ask my coworkers for more? That evening I drove home filled with negativity. Then I remembered a time long ago when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 41 any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the 42 and left four liters of milk. He wrote his own message on the back side of Mom’s. It read, “Kids need milk.” The milk delivery 43 as usual and Jim left four liters of milk every other day, never collecting a cent 44 us. The memory of Jim’s 45 fired my enthusiasm. Perhaps I’d be in for a pleasant surprise. The next morning I 46 signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign read, “Food drive to support the elderly poor of our town! 47 of nonperishable(不易腐的 ) foods are greatly needed.” Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to 48 the massive number of contributions we had 49 . One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to pick up the canned goods and other 50 . Maggie was over sixty but pushed our food trolley around with the 51 of a woman half her age. As we were making our rounds one day， I asked her where she got all the energy and enthusiasm. “Annie,” she said, “with the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I can’t think of a better way to be 52 for keeping our jobs when so many have 53 theirs. Sure money is 54 . But when isn’t it? People need food.” As I listened to Maggie, the milkman’s words 55 in my ears, “Kids need milk.” 36. A. advice B. help C. pity D. medicine 37. A. response B. ment C. explanation D. plaint 38. A. sit B. stay C. begin D. work 39. A. growing B. fading C. recovering D. booming 40. A. drive B. attempt C. refuse D. struggle 41. A. spare B. drink C. deliver D. sell 42. A. keys B. kids C. cents D. empties 43. A. returned B. continued C. stopped D. delayed 44. A. for B. to C. with D. from 45. A. kindness B. happiness C. patience D. politeness 46. A. designed B. noticed C. marked D. posted 47. A. Bargains B. Demands C. Donations D. Purchases 48. A. check B. store C. separate D. clear 49. A. collected B. bought C. found D. selected 50. A. clothes B. books C. foods D. gifts 51. A. satisfaction B. quality C. energy D. motivation 52. A. lucky B. proud C. delighted D. grateful 53. A. lost B. deserved C. abandoned D. wanted 54. A. available B. tight C. enough D. powerful 55. 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