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山东省泰安市东平高中2021届高三上学期英语第一次月考试卷
My husband and I were serving in Peace Corps in a remote village in northern Thailand. There were many1and difficulties, particularly around our housing. We moved into our house this June. Shortly after, while we were away at Peace Corps training, the owner ripped out(扯掉) all the surrounding banana groves to raise the ground level—she had planned on2our house and building a new one after we left.
She brought in tons of dirt. This3our house in a kind of moat(壕沟), and when the heavy rain came, our house4. This, needless to say, was upsetting, but it turned into a5, because when the headmaster at my school became 6 of it, he got my eighth-grade class to come to help clean up. The boys7into the moat to drain(排水) the water, while the girls mopped up the water 8, spread newspapers to 9 it and cleaned up. Before the 10was truly solved, however, we had another flood. This turned into a party, with teachers and students
11 helping clean up, and our host mother bringing lunch for everyone.
There were countless other less dramatic(引人注目的) 12of care and generosity. This community is13to us, and there is no way we can ever 14them. I plan to pay it forward as best I can, by15looking for people in need of some kind of help, remembering how kind and compassionate my Thai community has been.
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