Yash Gupta 

       Yash Gupta has worn glasses for many years. When they broke one day and he was not able to wear them to school,he had a big problem. 36 At the end of the day,he realized that he had learned nothing that day!

Yash quickly got his glasses fixed,but his experience changed his life. He realized that there were probably many kids around the world that did not have proper glasses to help them learn in school. 37 He found out that 13 million children around the world don't have proper glasses to help them see in class. Instead of just shaking his head at this problem,he decided to do something about it. 38 Its goal is to help find glasses for other kids and teens that need them.

     He created Sight Learning in 2011 and since then he has changed the lives of thousands of young students around the world!The organization has tried to provide eyeglasses to students who need them but cannot afford them. It has collected and given away、over $1,000,000 worth of eyeglasses. 39

     As Dr. Seuss,a famous writer,once said, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,nothing is going to get better. It's not." 40 He has taken action to not only improve his own life,but those of others.

   A. Yash is stich a teenager.

   B. So,he did some research.

   C. Yash started a small organization,Sight Learning.

   D. Here is an easy way to help Yash and Sight Learning.

   E. He could not see much of what was going on in his classroom.

   F. He learned that not having glasses can cause a 20% loss in learning!

   G. This has helped over 20 ,000 young people in 5 countries to see better!

                           A

     When I was just 16 ,my father decided to turn an old guesthouse into a hotel,and he experimented with everything. None of us had ever worked in a hotel before,but my dad was sure of what guests would like to see.

     For a month that summer,I served as a waitress(女服务员) at breakfast and dinner,which gave me the middle of the day free for studying. Like all the others,I did what the instructions said and treated the guests as though they were special visitors in my own home.

     I soon learned how to deal with the most daunting person in the kitchen the cook,Gordon. He had a great ability to-become very angry for no clear reason. I avoided him as much as possible and always took the dishes with a frozen expression on my face which was turned into a sweet smile in the space between kitchen and dining room. 、

   Breakfast waitressing was,I found,more enjoyable than the dinner service. The guests came wandering into the dining room,looking with appreciation at the view of the sea and islands through the dining room window. It was funny how differently people behaved in the evenings,dressed up and talking with louder,colder voices,not always returning my smile. However,that all changed when Dad created a special role for me.

    It began with a few common cakes for the guests’ packed lunches and progressed to fancy cakes for afternoon teas. This led to the climax(高 潮) :a nightly show known as Lucy's Sweet Trolley. Every evening,I carried the most amazing collection of cakes and other desserts. Most were things I had invented myself and I had cooked all of them. Some — Jacobite Grenades,Mocha Genghis Khan and Goat' s Milk Bavarios to name a few — were really strange. It was Dad's idea that I should dress smartly and stop at each table and recite the name of each dish.

21. What did the people working at the hotel have in common?

   A. They all understood the guests’ expectations.

   B. They all studied at the middle of the day.

   C. They all had enough experience.

   D. They all followed the rules.

22. What does the underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 3 mean?

   A. Careful.         B. Nervous.

   C. Interesting.      D. Frightening.

23. Why did Lucy enjoy serving breakfasts more than dinners?

   A. The guests were friendlier.

   B. There were more types of food to satisfy the guests.

   C. The dining room was quieter.

   D. The guests dressed up for the beginning of a new day.

24. What was special about the food on Lucy's Sweet Trolley?

   A. It was based on traditional dishes.

   B. It contained a number of new creations.

   C. It was made following her father' s instructions.

   D. It was prepared along with the food for lunches.

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