Ifyouwantyourlifetostandforpeaceandkindness,it’shelpful...

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If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it’s helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my ___16___ways to do this is by developing my own helping rituals (习惯). These little___17___of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.

We live in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area. ___18___of what we see is the beauty of nature. One of the exceptions to the beauty is the___19___that some people throw out of their windows as they are___20___on the rural roads. One of the few drawbacks(缺点)to living out the boondocks（偏远地区）is that ___21___services, such as litter collection, are less available than those closer to the city.

A helping ritual that I practice ___22___ with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. We’ve become so___23___to doing this that my daughters will often say to me in animated(兴致勃勃)___24___, “There’s some litter, Daddy, stop the car!” And if we have___25___, we will often pull over and pick it up. It seems strange, but we actually ___26___ it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically___27___. Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we ___28___. He smiled at me and said, “I saw you doing this, and it seemed like a good idea .”

Picking up litter is only one of an endless supply of possible helping rituals. You might like___29___a door open for people, visiting lonely old people in nursing homes, or shoveling snow from someone else’s driveway. Think of something that seems effortless yet helpful. It’s fun, personally rewarding, and___30___a good example. Everyone wins.

16. A. favorite    B. useful    C. unusual    D. strange

17. A. methods    B. idea    C. acts    D. knowledge

18. A. More    B. Most    C. Some    D. Any

19. A. litter    B. box    C. cigarette    D. bottle

20. A. driving    B. rolling    C. walking    D. running

21. A. private    B. public    C. water    D. electricity

22. A. strangely    B. easily    C. regularly    D. greatly

23. A. considerate to    B. popular with    C. familiar with    D. used to

24. A. sounds    B. voices    C. noises    D. tones

25. A. time    B. oil    C. money    D. book

26. A. develop    B. ignore    C. need    D. enjoy

27. A. somewhere    B. nowhere    C. anywhere    D. everywhere

28. A. stand    B. lie    C. live    D. stay

29. A. turning    B. knocking    C. kicking    D. holding

30. A. follows    B. sets    C. makes    D. creates

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