Many years ago, I owned a service station (加油站) and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One very cold wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a ______ on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from head to toe, explained that he had ______ out of petrol (汽油) and left his pregnant (怀孕) wife and his two children ______ in the car. He said that he would hitchhike (搭便车) back.

Once I had ______ a can with petrol, I took him back to his car. When we got there, his 2-year-old and 4-year-old children were both crying. I invited them to my house. I had turned the heater on in the roadhouse ______ I left, so when we went in, it was nice and warm. And then I prepared bread and butter for the ______. and hot chocolate for the adults.

It was about 5 a.m. before they left. The young fellow asked me ______ he owed me and I told him that the petrol pump (加油泵) had shown $15.

About a month later, I ______ a letter from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to get to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It ______ that the young fellow was its general manager.

In his letter, he thanked me again and informed me that, from then on, all their ______ would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of kindness was rewarded (报答) with a huge amount of benefits (益处).

1.A. sign B. knock C. noise

2.A. got B. stayed C. run

3.A. away B. behind C. off

4.A. filled B. dealt C. played

5.A. once B. since C. before

6.A. children B. wife C. man

7.A. how many B. how long C. how much

8.A. look B. received C. accepted

9.A. turned up B. turned around C. turned out

10.A. letters B. children C. buses

One young excellent person was trying to find a high position in a big company. It was the manager who would make the final decision.

The manager discovered that the young man did an excellent job in his college, which aroused the manager’s curiosity.

The manager asked, “Who paid for your college?”

The young man answered, “My father passed away when I was one year old, so it was just my mother.”

“What did your mother do?” The manager seemed surprised.

“She is a clothes cleaner,” the young man answered, with no feeling.

“Have you ever helped your mother wash some clothes before?”

“Never. My mother always wanted me to study and read more books. She could wash clothes faster than me,” the young man seemed puzzled (迷惑) when answering.

“Well, now I need you to do something. When you go back home today, clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow.”

The youth was happy when hearing this because he felt that his chance of getting the job was great. When he went home, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange but happy. With mixed feelings, she showed her hands.

The young man cleaned his mother’s hands, with tears falling. It was the first time he noticed that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (皱的), and there were so many wounds. This pair of hands enabled him to go through college. This pair of hands was the price that his mother had to pay for his life and his future.

The next morning, the manager asked the young man, “Now tell me what you learned yesterday.”

After hearing what he said, the manager knew the young man had learned his lesson. “This is the man whom I am looking for. You are hired (聘用了).”

1.What attracted the attention of the manager when he was interviewing the young man?

A. The young man’s father.

B. The young man’s clothes.

C. The young man’s excellent job in college.

D. The young man’s high position in company.

2.The manager asked the young man some questions because he wanted to know_____.

A. how the young man got the job in the company

B. who enabled the young man to finish his college

C. why the young man’s father wanted him to study

D. how fast the young man’s mother could wash clothes

3.The manager asked the young man to clean his mother’s hands because _____.

A. he wanted the young man and his mother to have a talk

B. he wanted the young man to know his mother’s love for him

C. the young man felt sure he would get the job in the company

D. the young man had never wanted to study or read more books

4.After the young man washed his mother’s hands, he knew_____.

A. why his mother could wash clothes faster than he did

B. when he would get the job offer from the company

C. what his mother had done for his life and his future

D. why his mother didn’t want him to wash her hands

5.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?

A. Mother’s hands. B. A big company.

C. Mixed feelings. D. The manager’s hands.

New Payment Methods for Online Shopping in China

Payment ways

Alipay

Tenpay

Yeepay

WeChat pay

Appearing time

Dec.12,2004

Sep.9,2005

Aug.8,2003

Jan.12,2011

Companies

Taobao

Tencent

Yeepay

Tencent

Description

A transfer (中转) station(a third account (账户)between sellers and buyers)

Buyers' money goes 

Directly to the sellers

Ways

Through computers or mobile phones

Mobile phones

The number of 

cooperative banks

180

5

9

11

The number 

of users

30,000,000

3,000,000

100,000

30,000,000

1.According to the form above,we can know some information about _________.

A. online shopping B. new payment methods C. online stores D. the uses of Internet

2.___________ are from the same payment service company.

A. Ten pay and WeChat pay B. Yeepay and WeChat pay

C. Alipay and Tenpay D. Tenpay and Yeepay

3.When you buy something on Taobao,the money you pay first goes to____________.

A. a bank B. the seller directly

C. the seller's mobile phone D. a third account between sellers and buyers

4.We can use__________to pay for online shopping on the computer.

A. Alipay only B. WeChat pay only

C. the other three ways except WeChat pay D. all the four methods in the form

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the form above?

A. Yeepay was put into use earlier than the other three.

B. Alipay and WeChat pay have the same number of users.

C. It's the most convenient for you to use Tenpay because it has the most cooperative banks.

D. When we use WeChat pay,out money goes directly to the sellers.

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