The good Samaritan

[Kati Svaby]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #287 "English Slang Idioms (9)", question 3

The ......... Samaritan who stopped at the accident scene to help the family after their car crash was on the front page of the daily paper on Monday.

(a) quick
(b) honest
(c) good
(d) old

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #287 "English Slang Idioms (9)", answer 3

The good Samaritan who stopped at the accident scene to help the family after their car crash was on the front page of the daily paper on Monday.

Correct answer: (c) good
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a good Samaritan a person who gives help and sympathy to people who need. /origin: from the Bible story of a person from Samaria who helps an injured man that nobody else will help./
Kati Svaby
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.