My first lesson is at a meeting. As we settle around the table I hear Meg, who is a recent operation, talking to Judith, the manager of our project. “Thank you so much for my daughters to their dance lessons last week.” “Don’t mention it,” Judith says, “It was nothing.”

Knowing how Judith’s schedule is, with her work, kids and aging parents, I find her driving Meg’s children to lessons unbelievably . I am about to say more about this when Donna, another colleague, enters the room . She apologizes for being late, saying she just hosted a lunch for her friends who are over seventy. “That is so nice of you,” I say, how busy she is, how she doesn’t like to cook and clean. “Oh,” she says, waving her hand, “It was nothing.” , I can still tell the in her voice. She did gain a sense of satisfaction from the entertainment offered to her friends.

Seeing their to help others selflessly, I start thinking about the concept of “nothing”, this way of living--- had it really been nothing or are they simply saying that? It to me that once I spent a whole afternoon after work helping a friend a speech she was going to deliver. I her to rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture to make it sound more . After the fifth try, she finally it. She hugged me with , saying thanks to me. I smiled and said it was nothing.

Suddenly, I realized that helping someone was really something to me. I learned that giving from the heart doesn’t mean sacrifice and hard work. The is finding something we love to do and finding someone who that something. Our generosity can benefit others ourselves. Once you have a good of it, it’s nothing. And it’s really something.

1.A. recovering from B. adapting to C. going through D. rejoicing in

2.A. guiding B. fetching C. driving D. dragging

3.A. common B. tight C. strange D. practical

4.A. ridiculous B. eccentric C. tiresome D. generous

5.A. hastily B. angrily C. disappointedly D. unexpectedly

6.A. ignoring B. knowing C. forgetting D. predicting

7.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Somehow

8.A. pleasure B. sadness C. surprise D. regret

9.A. progress B. ambition C. promise D. willingness

10.A. refers B. appears C. occurs D. seems

11.A. prepare for B. put up C. give away D. deal with

12.A. begged B. invited C. recommended D. sponsored

13.A. confusing B. sensible C. sensitive D. typical

14.A. got B. meant C. caught D. made

15.A. concern B. worry C. gratitude D. apology

16.A. normally B. accidentally C. necessarily D. possibly

17.A. treat B. trick C. plot D. plan

18.A. needs B. admires C. loves D. defends

19.A. on account of B. as well as C. except for D. regardless of

20.A. order B. glimpse C. impression D. command

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