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广西北海市2019-2020学年高一下学期期末教学质量检测英语试题
Alan Naiman was known for being very careful about how he spent his money. He lived like a very1man. He was always in old shoes. He2at grocery stores and took his friends out to lunch at the cheapest3.He loved nice4,but he drove his old truck for the most of his life. Even those closest to him had no idea how much money he had5 until he died of cancer at age 63 in 2018.
After his6, people eventually found out that he had given $ 11 million to charities(慈善组织) that help 7children. The amount was so large that it even8his best friends and the organizations that received his gifts.
"His parents passed away when he was very young. He grew up with his disabled brother. It might have9 the way he looked at children with disability," said his close friend Susan. "Perhaps he had realized how unfair10 could be for them. "
"Naiman had been taking on11 jobs to earn more money but he rarely spent on himself," said another friend.
But 12 of them agreed that his feeling to his elder brother had a big effect on him, 13 he never spoke of it.
Many of the 14that received Naiman's donations said they did not know him and were surprised by his gifts. The Pediatric Interim Care Center, which15 babies born with disability, was one of them. It received $ 2.5 million from Naiman's will(遗嘱).
"We would never 16 that something like this would happen to us," said Barbara Drennen, owner of the Center. "I would have loved to have had him 17 the babies he's protecting.
Naiman, who had been a banker at the Wall Street, worked for the past 20 years at the state Department of Social and Health Services, 18 late-hour calls in the evenings. During his 19days, he took on as many as 3 jobs sometimes. He tried his best to make and save money for this "pure love"20.
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