A family far from home finds kindness in a bag of fruits

    Two years ago we were at a turning point in our lives in New Zealand, so we decided to embark on an adventure. We resigned from our jobs, said goodbye to friends and family, and went to live in Switzerland.

    Settling in the small town of Aadorf, we enrolled our daughters, who were 15 and 11 at the time, in the local school. They were the only English speakers in the school, and as they had no German or local Swiss dialect, we knew their path would be hard. But after only a few months, the girls were doing really well, and making every effort to integrate into the Swiss way of life. In response, the local newspaper ran a story about them.

    When the half-page article, complete with photo, appeared in the news-paper, the girls were delighted. But what followed next still has us shaking our heads in amazement.

    A teacher from the school showed the article to a friend, who sent the article to friends of his, a Swiss family who happened to be nearing the end of their 12-month stay in New Zealand. When they read how we missed feijoas – a fruit unknown in Switzerland – they cast their eyes out the window at the huge feijoa tree laden with fruit. So they picked two kilograms of feijoas and brought them back with them to Switzerland – especially for us. They gave the fruit to their friend, who then drove two hours to secretly deliver the precious load to us.

     When we opened the front door later that day, a big bag of feijoas was sitting there. We had no idea how it got there. A note left inside the bag helped us start to unravel the mystery. It was from the family, wishing us all the best and happy eating.

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A family far from home finds kindness in a bag of fruits.

Two years ago we were at a turning point in our lives in New Zealand. So we left our jobs, said    26     to friends, and went to live in Switzerland.

Our daughters, who were 11 and 15 at the time,    27     the local school. As they couldn’t speak the local language, we knew their school life would be    28    . But after only a few months, the girls were doing really    29    , and trying their best to join in the Swiss(瑞士的) way of life. The local newspaper then wrote a story    30     them.

When the article, complete with photos,   31     in the newspaper, the girls were pleased. But what happened next    32     has us shake our heads in surprise.

A teacher from the school    33     the article to a friend, who sent the article to friends of his,  a Swiss family who was nearing the    34     of their 12-month stay in New Zealand. When they    35     how we missed feijoas（费约果），a fruit unkonwn in Switzerland, they quickly looked ou of the window at the huge feijca tree.    36     they picked two kilograms of feijcas and brought them back with them to Switzerland — especially for    37    . They gave the fruit to their friend, who then drove two hours to    38     send these special gifts to us.

Later that day, we found a big bag of feijoas outside the door. A note in the bag helped us    39   how it got there. It was from the    40    , wishing us all the best and happy eating.

26.  A. hello            B. sorry            C. thanks               D. goodbye

27.  A. joined           B. left              C.found                D. refused

28.  A. happy           B. relaxing          C. hard                 D. colorful

29.  A. badly           B. well              C. strangely             D. fast

30.  A. with            B. against            C. to                   D. about

31.  A. came            B. appeared          C. lay                  D. went

32.  A. still             B. never             C. only                 D. also

33.  A. threw           B. sold               C. showed              D. carried

34.  A. end             B. beginning          C. middle               D. moment

35.  A. wrote           B. asked              C. read                 D. dreamed

36.  A. But             B. So                C. Or                   D. And

37.  A. him             B. her                C. us                   D. them

38.  A. secretly          B. angrily             C. politely               D. easily

39.  A. work out         B. try out              C. point out             D. find out

40.  A. newspaper        B. school              C. family               D. magazine