阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Reginald Andrews had been out of work for more than a year.This   36   father of five children had deeply known his   37   of family heartaches.A few years earlier, his sister Kedra had been shot in the   38   by a young man who robbed the place where she was working.The young man was caught, but Kedra   39   her sight.As a result of his sister’s   40  , Mr.Andrews cared about blind people.

       On December 20, 2001, Mr.Andrews was waiting for a train in New York City.The train pulled into the station and stopped.Andrews was getting ready to get   41   the train when something   42   happened.An old blind man, who had   43   the space between two carriages for a door while   44   his way with a stick, suddenly fell   45   the train.Seeing this, Andrews quickly jumped down to the tracks and   46   the blind man to safety.He   47   all the people on the spot with his courage.The news rapidly   48   all over the country.Messages began to pour in.Some people   49   sent money and food to Andrews.

       Andrews had been at the station   50   he was returning from a job talk.He probably would have been hired, and the public praise made it a   51   thing.

       Andrews, however, received   52   attention from the public after about a week of newspaper stories and active   53   to his family.Although most people supposed that the story had come to a happy end, it didn’t quite happen that way.Andrews   54   start his new job, but the factory moved to New Jersey.Andrews didn’t have any way to get to work, so he had to leave.It wasn’t long before he was   55   to job hunting again.Few newspapers, however, would tell their readers what happened to Mr.Andrews after he became a hero.

A.homeless

B.careless

C.friendless

D.jobless

A.truth

B.share

C.danger

D.delay

A.arm

B.leg

C.face

D.stomach

A.lost

B.hurt

C.kept

D.destroyed

A.age

B.death

C.problems

D.shortcoming

A.on

B.to

C.off

D.up

A.disappointed

B.important

C.funny

D.unexpected

A.chosen

B.reached

C.mistaken

D.forgotten

A.forcing

B.feeling

C.leading

D.touching

A.into

B.from

C.under

D.off

A.threw

B.pushed

C.drove

D.pulled

A.shocked

B.frightened

C.impressed

D.left

A.grew

B.brought

C.carried

D.spread

A.yet

B.even

C.still

D.ever

A.though

B.before

C.because

D.till

A.sure

B.correct

C.popular

D.necessary

A.close

B.little

C.much

D.enough

A.help

B.ideas

C.reading

D.reports

A.might

B.could

C.would

D.did

A.ready

B.about

C.back

D.worried

A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. "You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior, "said a middle-aged man.
"Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That's right," another lady said, "I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor.”
Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said, "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..."
Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted, "I know his name. I call him Dad."
【小题1】
One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ______  .

A.make a demand for more busesB. thank the conductor for his good service
C.criticize the conductor for his rude behavior
D.invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor
【小题2】
What was the gentleman?
A.A teacher.B.A newspaper reporter.
C.Not known from the story.D.The conductor's friend from his company.
【小题3】
. The word "he" in the last paragraph refers to _______.
A.the gentlemanB.the conductor
C.the middle-aged manD.the three-year-old child
【小题4】
It is clear from the story that the conductor _______.
A.has changed his attitude towards his work
B.has now been kind and polite to all passengers
C.has not changed his rude behavior to passengers
D.has now been kind and polite to women with children

Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(购物手推车). They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地携带) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.

On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.

But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.

After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.

But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony(假冒的) customers.

As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.

1.The underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ______.(within 3 words)

_____________________________________________________________________________

2.What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? (within 10 words)

_____________________________________________________________________________      

3.Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (within 10 words)

______________________________________________________________________________

4.Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (within 10 words)

______________________________________________________________________________

5.What is the main idea of this article? (within 10 words)

______________________________________________________________________________

 

A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor(售票员) hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. "You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior , "said a middle-aged man.

"Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That's right," another lady said, "I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor. "

Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said , "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..."

Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted (打断谈话), "I know his name. I call him Dad."

1.The passengers were ________ to see the conductor's kindness to the woman and the child.

A.excited

B.pleased

C.interested

D.surprised

2.One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ______  .

A.make a demand for more buses

B.thank the conductor for his good service

C.criticize(批评) the conductor for his rude behavior

D.invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor

3.What was the gentleman?

A.A teacher.

B.A newspaper reporter.

C.Not known from the story.

D.The conductor's friend from his company.

4.The word "he" in the last paragraph refers to _______.

A.the gentleman

B.the conductor

C.the middle-aged man

D.the three-year-old child

 

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