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Carlos Valdez and his wife loved pizza. They always requested that the pies be brought to them by their ___1___ deliveryman, Newey. At 89 years old, Newey is ___2___ than other deliveryman, yet the Valdezes fell in love with his positive attitude and his cheerful ___3___, “Hello, are you looking for some pizza?” The Valdezes were so taken by Newey’s charming manner that they started ___4___ Newey’s deliveries and posting them to their TikTok. Soon he became ___5___ and had 53,000 followers.

But as much as people loved him, a lot of them expressed ___6___ that an elderly man was still spending so many hours on the job. With that in mind, the Valdezes decided to reach out to their fans in hopes of ___7___ money to help Newey. “As a TikTok community, we all came together and got $12,000 for this ___8___ person,” Valdez said.

Last Tuesday, Newey got a surprise delivery at his own home. Valdez ___9___ at his door with a T-shirt that read “Hello, are you looking for some pizza?” in one hand — and a ___10___ for $12,069 in the other.

The senior deliveryman, who was working as many as 30 hours a week, was moved by the ___11___ of so many strangers. “I don’t know what to say,” Newey added excitedly.

For his part, Valdez was thrilled to be able to ___12___ something back to a man who’d delivered much joy to those around him. “This couldn’t have gone any ___13___,” Valdez said. “He needed this. I’m just glad we could ___14___ him. We just need to treat people with kindness and respect the way he does. He ___15___ our hearts.”

1.1.

A favorite

B private

C confident

D careless

解析：选A。A 从下文的“The Valdezes were so taken by Newey’s charming manner”可知，瓦尔德斯夫妇被老人的举止迷住了，由此可知他是瓦尔德斯夫妇“喜欢的(favorite)”的送餐员。故选A。

2.2.

A faster

B taller

C older

D richer

解析：选C。C 根据上文的“At 89 years old”和第二段第一句的“an elderly man was still spending so many hours on the job”可知，这名送餐员比其他的送餐员“更老(older)”。故选C。

3.3.

A picture

B box

C phrase

D clothes

解析：选C。C 从下文的“Hello, are you looking for some pizza?”可知这是一句话，所以此处要用“phrase(惯用语)”。故选C。

4.4.

A filming

B praising

C following

D writing

解析：选A。A 从下文的“posting them to their TikTok”可知，这对夫妇把老人送外卖的视频发到抖音上了，由此可知他们给老人“录像(filming)”了。故选A。

5.5.

A dangerous

B important

C popular

D young

解析：选C。C 从下文的“had 53,000 followers”可知，有很多人关注，即他很受“欢迎(popular)”。故选C。

6.6.

A concern

B shame

C luck

D hate

解析：选A。A 从下文的“an elderly man was still spending so many hours on the job”一个上了年纪的人还花那么多时间工作，结合此语境可知，人们对此表示的是“关心(concern)”。故选A。

7.7.

A saving

B sending

C raising

D wasting

解析：选C。C 根据该段最后一句的“got $12,000 for this...person”可知，他们是想为老人筹集“raising”善款。故选C。

8.8.

A confusing

B promising

C tiring

D amazing

解析：选D。D 结合语境可知，瓦尔德斯夫妇认为老人很“了不起(amazing)”，所以尽力帮助他。故选D。

9.9.

A took off

B showed up

C got on

D cut into

解析：选B。B 结合语境可知，瓦尔德斯给老人送来他们筹集到的钱，因此是“出现(showed up)”在他的家门口。故选B。

10.10.

A book

B pizza

C ticket

D check

解析：选D。D 从下文的“for $12,069 in the other”可知，他的另一只手里拿着的是一张“支票(check)”。故选D。

11.11.

A patience

B generosity

C comfort

D praise

解析：选B。B 结合上文人们为他筹集了12000美元可知，老人被这些陌生人的“慷慨(generosity)”打动。故选B。

12.12.

A look

B take

C give

D call

解析：选C。C 从下文中的“who’d delivered much joy to those around him”可知，老人给大家带来了很多快乐，因此瓦尔德斯所做的一切是为了“回馈(give something back)”这位老人。故选C。

13.13.

A larger

B higher

C better

D worse

解析：选C。C 结合语境可知，瓦尔德斯认为这样做“再好不过了(couldn’t ...better)”。故选C。

14.14.

A guide

B help

C clean

D approve

解析：选B。B 结合语境可知，善良的人们筹集资金来“帮助(help)”这位老人。故选B。

15.15.

A broke

B followed

C stole

D held

解析：选C。C 结合全文内容可知，老人的努力和乐观“让我们很爱他(stole our hearts)”。故选C。