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In her 102 years, Sally Lepis has been known for helping her family, friends and neighbors, earning herself the name"Mother Teresa"among relatives. So when the old lady couldn't ___1___ to replace her decades-old hearing aids and it became increasingly difficult to ___2___, a local nonprofit was happy to give a___3___Last
month, Lepis was ___4___ hearing aids, worth about$7,500, through Senior Dreams Come True, a nonprofit program run by a law firm.
"Mrs.Lepis has ___5___ so much of herself over the years to friends, family and those ___6___ in her community," said Jennifer Cona, a managing partner at the law firm. Lepis has long been the ___7___ that's kept her family together, her niece, Olivia Schmidt, said. When Schmidt was a teenager,her mother, Lepis' twin sister, died at age 42. Lepis ___8___ jumped in and raised Schmidt in her West-bury home.
The ___9___ depended on Lepis several years later ___10___.When Lepis' sister-in-law became sick shortly after giving birth to a daughter, Lepis cared for the new- born in her first six months. After retiring, Lepis ___11___ a senior citizen community, where she became known for driving her neighbors to doctors' appointments and taking them grocery shopping.
“It's ___12___ that she has done so much for so many people and thinks ___13___ of it," said Schmidt, who ___14___ to nominate(推荐)her aunt for Senior Dreams Come True over the summer.
In July, Schmidt and her cousins wrote letters to the nonprofit, ___15___ Lepis for her lifetime of ___16___ deeds. Later that month, Lepis learned she would ___17___ new hearing aids, replacing the ones she had used for the past 25 years. The ___18___ devices(装置)have made talking over the phone much ___19___, and will make ___20___ that Lepis will again be a lively presence at her family's Thanksgiving dinner.
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In her 102 years, Sally Lepis has been known for helping her family, friends and neighbors, earning herself the name"Mother Teresa"among relatives. So when the old lady couldn't ___1___ to replace her decades-old hearing aids and it became increasingly difficult to ___2___, a local nonprofit was happy to give a___3___Last
month, Lepis was ___4___ hearing aids, worth about$7,500, through Senior Dreams Come True, a nonprofit program run by a law firm.
"Mrs.Lepis has ___5___ so much of herself over the years to friends, family and those ___6___ in her community," said Jennifer Cona, a managing partner at the law firm. Lepis has long been the ___7___ that's kept her family together, her niece, Olivia Schmidt, said. When Schmidt was a teenager,her mother, Lepis' twin sister, died at age 42. Lepis ___8___ jumped in and raised Schmidt in her West-bury home.
The ___9___ depended on Lepis several years later ___10___.When Lepis' sister-in-law became sick shortly after giving birth to a daughter, Lepis cared for the new- born in her first six months. After retiring, Lepis ___11___ a senior citizen community, where she became known for driving her neighbors to doctors' appointments and taking them grocery shopping.
“It's ___12___ that she has done so much for so many people and thinks ___13___ of it," said Schmidt, who ___14___ to nominate(推荐)her aunt for Senior Dreams Come True over the summer.
In July, Schmidt and her cousins wrote letters to the nonprofit, ___15___ Lepis for her lifetime of ___16___ deeds. Later that month, Lepis learned she would ___17___ new hearing aids, replacing the ones she had used for the past 25 years. The ___18___ devices(装置)have made talking over the phone much ___19___, and will make ___20___ that Lepis will again be a lively presence at her family's Thanksgiving dinner.
| 1. A. expect | B. afford | C.stop | D.offer |
| 2.A.communicate | B. exercise | C.explain | D.see |
| 3.A.suggestion | B.promise | C.hand | D.prize |
| 4.A.lent | B.sold | C.presented | D.recommended |
5.A.given |
B.lost | C.talked | D.hidden |
| 6.A.with patience | B.with luck | C.in charge | D.in need |
| 7.A.voice | B.glue | C.tradition | D.change |
| 8.A.gratefully | B.repeatedly | C.eventually | D.immediately |
| 9.A.company | B.hospital | C.family | D.neighborhood |
| 10.A.still | B.again | C.instead | D.thus |
| 11.A.moved to | B.searched for | C.thought over | D.cleaned out |
| 12. A.pitiful | B.challenging | C.natural | D.amazing |
| 13. A.nothing | B.something | C.everything | D.anything |
| 14. A.asked | B.decided | C.managed | D.continued |
| 15. A.forgiving | B.thanking | C.admiring | D.praising |
| 16. A..good | B.creative | C.basic | D.wise |
| 17. A.produce | B.buy | C.receive | D.find |
| 18. A.important | B.new | C.complex | D.similar |
| 19. A.longer | B.slower | C.easier | D.quieter |
| 20. A.necessary | B.impossible | C.helpful | D.certain |
