Jeff Jensen was suffering from painful nerve damage in his leg and foot. He needed surgery, but he doubted if he could _____1_____it, even with insurance. “There’s nothing more _____2_____than seeing a bill for 18, 20, 24,000 dollars and going,” said Jensen.

Luckily for Jensen, his doctor is Demetrio Aguila. The nerve specialist gives patients at his Healing Hands of Nebraska in Papillion the___3___to pay for surgery through community service instead of money. He calls it M25 Program. At the heart of his vision was the simple___4___ of people helping people.

Using an algorithm (Ëã·¨) , the clinic calculates community service hours based on the price of the surgery. In Jensen’s case, the $12,000 operation equaled 560 hours of____5____at one of the local charitable organizations registered with the M25 Program. Jensen opted for the community service. Since hundreds of hours of community service would be___6___, Aguila encouraged others to help, and he___7___involved himself in it. “I had this hope that we would rekindle (ÖØм¤Æð) the enthusiasm for ________8________in our neighbors and in ourselves,” he told CNN.

Jensen, whose surgery was completed in February 2020, was helped by more than 100 friends and strangers who freely offered to help at Orphan Grain Train, which donates food, clothing, and medicine nationally and globally.

“We can’t___9___the people in our own backyard,” said Aguila. “And we want to help more people like Jensen who have lost hope medically. If people come together to help other people, then our community is _______10_______.”

1. A. buy                            B. afford                            C. book                             D. accept

2. A. depressing                  B. shameful                        C. confusing                      D. dangerous

3. A. schedule                     B. investment                      C. instruction                     D. option

4. A. judgment                    B. curiosity                         C. beauty                           D. interest

5. A. helping out                 B. moving about                  C. hanging around               D. working out

6. A. exciting                      B. boring                            C. tough                            D. enjoyable

7. A. even                          B. almost                            C. still                                D. rather

8. A. training                      B. understanding                 C. learning                         D. volunteering

9. A. trouble                       B. cheat                             C. ignore                            D. hurt

10. A. served                      B. lifted                              C. tested                            D. awarded