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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中。选出最佳选项。
It's a sad and familiar sentence from a beggar that we often hear．Usually, when asked“Can you spare some 1 ? ”, I've been struck with a feeling of 2 if I passed by without giving a coin or two．
My conscience was hurt again when I was making a 3 in Venice in 2006．I was sitting in a quiet cafe．Outside the care on the street was an old woman on her knees, 4 ．Steady streams of 5 were walking past her．A young backpacker stood away from the crowd drinking something．but I noticed he was also 6 the woman．
She knelt motionlessly, her head almost touching the ground, a worn blanket providing little 7 against the cold．The sight was especially 8 when compared with the signs of the 9 city around her．
A tourist group hurried along the street, 10 at the woman and walked on．Another group of tourists arrived, 11 again, walked past her．The backpacker watched．Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the sight ofthe backpacker 12 and placing some money in the woman's cup．He did this rather 13 ．just before the arrival of another tourist group．I watched 14 the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup．With the young man 15 the way, other tourists followed suit．
The young backpacker 16 this process in front ofthe next tour party going past．Once again, the subtle peer(同伴)pressure 17 on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup．His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar woman and said, “I hope that 18 a bit．”
I placed some money in the woman's cup and 19 my tour, light-bearted after witneaaing such a 20 act of caring．
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