天津完形 Cl022・2023_06 完形填空

There are moments when strangers’ lives collide (碰撞) by accident, and even though they may never see each other again, they’re changed forever. These can be moments when true character is 16 , often through acts of kindness and generosity of unlikely heroes.

Not long ago, I was a / an 17 to that kind of moment. On a summer midnight, my parents and I had just 18 a long flight and started to walk through the empty airport when I saw a passenger suddenly fall to the ground. We 19 ran toward him. My parents, who are doctors, dropped everything and began trying to 20 what had happened. As they asked him questions and searched for a / an 21 information card, other passengers from the flight joined us. My parents 22 that the man was hypoglycaemic (低血糖的) and in major need of sugar. 23 , the only thing we could find was a protein bar. We were 24 it would not be enough to save him.

Just then, a young boy, Mecca, arrived at the 25 with the flight attendants (空乘人员). He quietly announced, “I have a Snickers (士力架巧克力)!” Nobody responded to him as they were in the 26 of trying to save a stranger’s life. Mecca dug deep into his backpack, and 27 Snickers. He then handed it to my father, who was trying to manage with the protein bar.

Within seconds of the Snickers replacing the protein bar, the man regained 28 . Mecca, a fourth grader, 29 this stranger’s life!

No one could have guessed that earlier that night, Mecca had just been through a 30 time. His father’s flight was unexpectedly canceled, 31 him to fly alone. He had never flown by himself before and was very nervous. His grandmother filled his backpack with candy to make him a little less 32 .

When we told Mecca’s parents of his 33 actions, they smiled from ear to ear. They were surprised that he had saved some candy and was able to think about the candy during the 34 .

As time goes on, I remain 35 by the experience of witnessing a nine-year-old save a stranger’s life. Even today Mecca’s kindness continues to make me smile.