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McCoy was looking for a safe place to do drugs when something clearly out of place caught his eye: a luxurious brown leather handbag.
McCoy, 36, could relate all too well. One of his few possessions, the sleeping bag he used in an abandoned house, had recently been stolen. Remembering how angered he’d been by his own loss, he resolved to return the purse to its owner. After traveling much of the day and finally approaching the address on the bill, he was stopped by a woman, who asked whether she could buy the purse found in the handbag. McCoy refused, saying he was searching for its owner. “But I am the owner,” the woman said. “That’s my purse.”
A month earlier, Kaitlyn Smith, had woken up to find her apartment broken into and her purse stolen. Now she came across a tall, messy-looking man holding it tightly. She could instantly tell he wasn’t in good shape. Smith, amazed this stranger had gone to such great lengths to return her bag, asked whether there was anything she could do to help. “I’m a drug addict,” McCoy warned. “I don’t want to disturb your life.” Unafraid, Smith gave him her phone number, saying, “If you want to go to rehab (戒毒所), call me.” She then drove him back to his neighborhood and left, thinking that would be the end of it. Two days later, she got a call.
Smith realized that McCoy was serious about getting better, so she dug into her savings account and bought McCoy a plane ticket to Florida. While there, he would call her to let her know how he was doing. After 28 days at a rehab program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, McCoy is drug-free. He lives at a residential recovery center in Baltimore, and a GoFundMe page set up by Smith has covered his rent, groceries, and incidentals.
1.What drove McCoy to look for the owner of the handbag?
A.The urge to find a business partner.
B.The resolution to recover his sleeping bag.
C.His own unfortunate experience.
D.His anger over the poor living conditions.
2.What was McCoy’s initial reaction towards Smith’s intention to help?
A.Enthusiasm. B.Resistance.
C.Hesitancy. D.Gratitude.
3.It can be learned from the text that __________.
A.McCoy was a victim of an identity theft
B.Smith offered McCoy a ride home at his request
C.McCoy looked unhealthy when he ran into Smith
D.Smith covered McCoy’s living expenses in the recovery center
4.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A.Drug-abuse Can Heal. B.Lost and Found.
C.Mutual Communication Matters. D.Good Deeds Repaid.
