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河北省武邑中学2019届高三上学期英语开学考试试卷
I grew up on a 50-acre farm in the small rural community of Catawissa, Missouri, as the sixth of seven children. My parents, Archie and Altha, often 1 during meals how everything on the table came from the 2.
Besides running the farm, Dad was also a 3. In the fall of 1970, he was working on a house when the ladder broke 4. His back was fractured in two places an 5 needed rescue.
He stayed in the hospital for three weeks, 6 his back to align (校准) correctly so the bones would 7 perfectly.
On Thanksgiving, Dad was still in the hospital. We always butchered pigs the day after the holiday so that we had enough pork 8 for the next year, and that year my uncle 9 with a couple of cousins to help my three older brothers prepare our year's supply.
After Dad returned home, he was in a back brace, saddened for 10 to work. Worse still, the doctor told us his chance of complete recovery was 11. I was too young to realize our family had no money coming 12 as Christmas approached.
One night we heard a car coming up the long driveway. Always 13 to company, we kids were curious about who was visiting.
Peggy Phelan was at the door, holding an envelope 14 with money which, according to her account, she had 15 in the community. And she was there to 16 it!
Dad tried to 17 but Peggy would have none of it. I can still hear her saying, "Archie, whenever someone's baler (压捆机) is broken, you bale their hay. Every time someone passes away, Altha is cooking. It's our 18."
That evening, I understood what being a good neighbor was, and that 19 my parents were good neighbors, their 20 would be paid back.
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