Today, many people are starving to death.
Recently, a man who wanted to understand the conditions of such people
conducted an experiment. He only ate one meal a day for a month but continued
to work as he normally did.
During the first five days he was hungry
at his 1 mealtime, but after he had
drunk a glass of 2 , his hunger went away. In
the 3 , when he ate his one meal,
he ate quickly and had a
4 amount. During
the next few days, 5 he was not hungry during the
day, he quickly 6 every food stall(a table on which food is put to be
sold),
and the 7 of food caught his 8 . During the third and the fourth weeks, he had
hunger pains and
9 physical strength. He 10 his one meal and ate it slowly, enjoying every
bite.
11 it, he knew he would have hardly enough energy to work.
This 12 changed
his attitude about some things. Having a cup of tea was not 13 a pastime. It also 14 him
strength. He more frequently noticed overweight people and people who threw 15 leftover food. He 16 the
importance of 17 for the very hungry person.
He could no longer easily
18 by a hungry
beggar on the street. But most
19 , he could now
sympathize(同情)in a 20 way
with the hungry people of the world.
1.A.after B.formal C.regular D.frequent
2.A.milk B.wine C.beer D.water
3.A.evening B.morning C.afternoon D.night
4.A.large B.small C.ordinary D.common
5.A.if B.when C.as if D.although
6.A.recognized B.noticed C.glanced D.digested
7.A.thought B.shape C.smell D.taste
8.A.eyes B.imagination C.attention D.interest
9.A.needed B.lacked C.required D.wanted
10.A.looked for ward to B.devoted himself to
C.looked down up on D.took pride in
11.A.With B.Without C.Rather than D.Except for
12.A.action B.movement C.experiment D.performance
13.A.just B.exactly C.still D.yet
14.A.gained B.gave C.took D.left
15.A.in B.up C.away D.about
16.A.learned B.realized C.admitted D.remembered
17.A.food B.meals C.money D.work
18.A.come B.pass C.stand D.stop
19.A.fortunately B.seriously C.necessary D.important
20.A.great B.big C.small D.similar