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down, you ll want to help them. Here are some ideas that can help you.

3 Someone not being able to find a group in class might not seem like a big deal—but part of

being kind is noticing when someone seems sad, hurt or uncomfortable. After all, you have to notice how

people feel in order to feel empathy and want to help them!

When you re trying to make kindness second nature, really getting other people s feelings is important.

4 Think about a time when you felt that way. Didn t you wish someone would reach out to you? If

someone had offered you a few words of comfort, wouldn t it have made you feel so much happier?

So, when you find people around you who are feeling down next time, do not hesitate to put yourself

in their shoes and reach out to them with a kind gesture. 5 There is always a time when you expect

others to relate to you and feel what you feel.

A. And your kindness will be finally rewarded.

B. But empathy is super important to being kind.

C. Be open to learning more about what you don t understand.

D. One way to practise empathy is to pay attention to the people around you.

E. However, you never know showing empathy may make all the difference to her.

F. You don t have to have a similar background to someone else to feel empathy for them.

G. Whenever you find someone might be feeling lonely or sad, put yourself in his shoes.
高考重点词汇积累

make eye contact with 与……进行目光接触 gesture n. 示意动作,手势;姿态,表示

reach out (to sb. ) 与(某人)沟通;向(某人)伸出援手 relate to 与……有关;理解,体恤;认同,与……投契

feel down 感到沮丧,情绪消沉 reward n. 奖赏,奖品;报偿;赏金,酬劳 vt. 酬谢;奖励;给

comfort n. 舒适,自在;安慰,慰藉 vt. 安慰,慰藉;使放 以回报 (rewarding adj. 令人满足的;令人有所收获的)

松,使放心 make a difference to 对(某人或某个环境)产生重大影响

hesitate v. 犹豫,停顿;勉强,不情愿 (hesitant adj. 迟疑 be open to 对……开放;愿接受……的

不决的 hesitation n. 犹豫,不情愿) put oneself in sb. s shoes 站在他人的角度考虑问题

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阅读下面的短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A year after Benjamin Canlas died at 17, his love of helping others lives on. Through a foundation

1 by his parents, this kind young man is 2 making the world a better place—one bike at a time.

In the Philippines, many jobs have been lost 3 the coronavirus crisis. Thousands of people have

to travel to take 4 jobs to survive. But public transportation has been 5 limited. Benjamin s

parents had the idea to 6 bikes to deserving individuals.

At first, their 7 was to donate seven bicycles. But then they received more than fifty 8 . And

then 27 people were awarded bicycles. These bicycles are 9 to help make their lives a little easier.

Among the 10 is Ronaldo Rosario. He sold rice cakes in the morning and smoked fish in the

afternoon, 11 many kilometres each day, which caused the borrowed bike to break often. So, he often

lost 12 time and some of his earnings on repairs.

There are people still in need and much more 13 needs to be done. The foundation is working on

launching more sustainable 14 . The goal is that these programmes will help more people and 15

others to be kind and help those in need. (湖南省长沙市雅礼中学 2022 届高三上学期入学考试)