完形填空 从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
One day an old woman was walking along the street. She was dirty. Her clothes were worn out and smelled bad. And most of her ________ were missing.
She stopped and asked me for ________ . I invited her to lunch instead and she agreed. So we went across the street to an outdoor café. The waitress was taken aback (吃了一惊) when this woman appeared and did not want to serve us, ________ forced herself. We ate our lunch--- she was very hungry and the food disappeared almost as soon as it arrived.
When we were ________ to leave, I was feeling very good about myself and then she asked for a hug（拥抱）. At that moment I had to ________ myself and all the hidden bias (偏见) that I had towards the woman. She wasn’t ________ but I didn’t feel like giving the hug. I gave her a passing type of hug and soon felt shame. She thanked me for lunch and began to ________ .
I stood there for a moment and realized that I had ________ to give this woman the one thing that cost nothing--- love. I called to the woman and caught up with her. Then I asked her if I could give her a real hug and she agreed. I gave the woman the best one I had ________ given anyone. “That’s getting it right,” she said later and her big smile lit up my road as she went away.
The lesson I learned was that if you were going to give, then give it your ________ and get it right at the beginning. I was deeply moved every time the woman came into my mind.
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