The bag had my passport,money,traveler’s cheques,a camera,an airline ticket and other things__8__to me.I was in deep trouble.
In the weeks that followed,I__9__guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all__10__with suspicion.All I wanted was to leave this place.
Then,walking through Burkina’s streets,I met with an old woman.“Gift!Gift!” she cried.I’d had enough.I was__11__of the country:its poverty,its thieves,the heat,and the dust.I told her angrily,“A thief stole all my money and now I can’t__12__out of your country.I cannot gave you anything.”
The woman beggar listened attentively and__13__my words.Then she reached__14__the folds of her dress.
“Then I will give you a gift,” she announced.Kindly,she placed an old,dark brown coin in my hand.I looked at it in__15__.It was a very small amount of money,but for this woman,the coin__16__a meal.At that moment,I felt a shame.In spite of her__17__,she was able to give me something priceless.
I saw then the__18__beauty of the people of Burkina,and appreciated deeply the quiet__19__of the poor.With the old woman’s gift,I hope never to part with the coin she gave me.With one small coin,she__20__my concept completely.
1.A.cared aboutB.came across
C.looked forD.focused upon
2.A.presentedB.gave
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