A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave. But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in , it was more than $100,000. It nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm. Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of . They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase. Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.” Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should the whole community and last for generations to come. Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:A
题目分析：本文讲述了一对老夫妇在死后把自己的财产分给了他们的邻居，在生前他们也经常帮助一些有需要的人，并希望他们的邻居也能这样继续下去。
小题1:考查形容词：A. happy快乐的，B. hard困难的，C. easy容易的，D. nice好的，从后面的and the price of everything was rising.可知Dave找工作太难了，选B
小题2:考查动词：A. lost失去，B. bought买，C. left 离开，留下， D. wanted想要，Fusses夫妇有加入美国很多失去家园的人的危险，选A
小题3:考查名词：A. gift礼物，B. money钱，C. encouragement鼓励，D. package包裹，从后面的—$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, 可知Dave 和Gerrie及时的收到一份礼物，money是不可数名词，不能用a，选A
小题4:考查动词：A. accept接受，B. defeat击败，C. win赢得，D. receive收到，Fusses不是Alto和附近的Lowell镇上唯一的收到预料之外的遗产的人，选D
小题5:考查形容词：A. amazed惊讶的，B. excited兴奋的，C. upset不安的，D. touched感动的，很多其他的家庭都被Hatches夫妇做的事情感动了，选D
小题6:考查代词：A. the other特指“另一个”，B. another 泛指“另一个”，C. other其他的，D. others其他，根据前面的In some cases,可知使用的是：some…others…“一些…其他的…”，选D
小题7:考查形容词：A. surprised惊讶的，B. frightened害怕的，C. pleased高兴的，D. encouraged受到鼓舞的，从后面的内容：they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm. 可知Hatches夫妇有这么多的钱让每个人都很惊讶，选A
小题8:考查形容词： A. kind好心的，B. generous大方的，C. living活着的，D. saving储蓄，存款，节约，从后面的They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.可知他们有节约的习惯，选D
小题9:考查动词：A. afford买得起，B. buy买，C. offer提供，D. keep保持，Hatches夫妇为当地的孩子付钱参加夏令营，因为他们的父母负担不起，选A
小题10:考查动词：A. suffered受苦，B. enjoyed享受，C. needed需要，D. did做，从后面的“They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”可知他们从不问别人是否需要什么东西，选C
小题11:考查词组：A. put away收好，储蓄，B. put up张贴，C. gave up放弃，D. gave away赠送，最特别的是他们把他们农田送了出去，选D
小题12:考查动词：A. enrich丰富，使富裕，使富有，B. bless保佑，C. brighten变亮，D. expand 扩大，the Hatches的愿望是他们的遗产每一分都要用来使社会富有，选A