I never thought I would have a life-changing experi?ence at Wal-Mart.

Although my thoughts were only on speed, the checkout line I was standing in wasn't moving as quickly as I wanted, and I glanced towards the cashier.

There stood a man in his seventies, wearing glasses and a nice smile. I thought, well, he's an old guy!

For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every customer before scanning the items. Sure, his words were usual, " How's it going?" But he did something different~he actually listened to people. Then he would respond to what they had said and engage them in brief conversation.

I thought it was odd. I have grown accustomed to people asking me how I was doing simply out of robotic conversational habit. After a while, you don't give any

thought to the question and just mumble something back. I could say, "I just found out I have six months to live," and someone would reply, "Have a great day!,, But that wasn't the end.

He gave them the change, walked around the counter, and extended his right hand in an act of friend?ship. He looked at the customers in the eyes. "I surely want to thank you for shopping here today," he told them. "You have a great day. Bye.,,

The looks on the faces of the customers were price?less. There were smiles and some sheepish grins. All had been touched by his simple gesture―and in a place they never expected. They would gather their things and walk out, smiling.

Of course, he did the same to me and I got to know his name, Marty.

Who was that guy? It was as if Sam Walton had come back from the dead and invaded this old guy's body.

I had never walked away from that shop feeling like

that.

5.    The checkout line the writer was standing in moved slower than expected because .

A.    the cashier couldn't work as fast as others

B.    there were some big purchases

C.    the cashier did more than scanning the items

D.    the writer was not patient enough

6.    What was most customers' reaction to Marty's behaviours?

A.    They thought it priceless.

B.    They were in some way moved.

C.    They thought it awful and odd.

D.    They felt somewhat offended.

7.    What can we infer about Sam Walton?

A.    He might be Marty's father or grandfather.

B.    He might be friendly and devoted to Wal-Mart.

C.    He might have died while working in the mar?ket.

D.    He might have come back from the dead once be?fore.

8.    What does the writer intend to express through the text?

A.    Our everyday life is always full of surprises.

B.    Most customers enjoy being treated this way.

C.    Being different is a good way of doing business.

D.    A little positive action can make a big difference.

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    There was a sweet, wonder-filled little girl who was hurt over and over again. She   1  that she was so bad that others just couldn't be 2 to her.

   She asked many wise people to help her 3 why she was so bad that even her mother hurt her, and why she was unable to be 4  so that others wouldn't hurt her. So she was on a   that she thought was to help her to be "better", but she carried a big  with her everywhere she went.7 was all the hurt she had experienced. During the trip she willingly  8what the wise people said about forgiveness(宽恕).

    After 50 years? she decided to   9  the bag up and just see what had happened. When she looked inside, it was filled with bits of paper. Once they had  10  on them, detailing the hurt. But as time went on, the words11 slowly. She had been carrying this bag that held nothing  12 the image(印象)of something that once was.

The little girl had now become an almost-old woman. She 13 the sil?liness of carrying that bag around. She started 14 and dancing and she felt free!

She was able to see that her 15 loved her child, but was  16that her little girl felt unloved. By throwing away the bag of paper and forgiving those who 17  her, she looked in the mirror and said, "I am clever, inter?esting and kind.  But most  18  , she was able to say "I am lovable. "19 it took many years, she was finally open to bringing  20  into her life.

She finally saw the sweet, wonder-filled little girl that she had always been.

1.     A. decided          B. considered       C. promised              D. hoped

2.     A. bad              B. sorry           C. thankful               D. nice

3.     A. guess           B. understand       C. expect                 D. invent

4.     A. better            B. worse          C. angrier              D. harder

5.     A. holiday           B. date             C.trip               D. path

6.     A. bowl           B. basket             C. bag                 D. purse

7.     A. Beneath           B. Above           C. Outside             D. Inside

8.     A. agreed with    B. fought against       C. gave up           D. suffered from

9.     A. pick           B. open              C. put             D. break

 10.     A. pictures       B. memories        C. words               D. dreams

11.     A. disappeared        B. appeared          C. showed              D. changed

12.     A. and             B. with            C. among             D. but

13.     A. refused        B. forgot          C. realized             D. preferred

14.     A. crying            B. laughing           C. shouting         D. worrying

15.     A. daughter      B. mother            C. teacher             D. friend

16.     A. sad            B. happy              C. excited          D. hopeful

17.     A. liked           B. hurt              C. educated            D. ignored

18.     A. surprisingly       B. terribly          C. nervously        D. importantly

19.     A. Although          B. If            C. Because             D. So

20.     A. trouble        B. love             C. money               D. future

People say one man's trash(垃圾)is another man's treasure. That 5 comes to me as I 6 the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed a-way in 1996. My father left the house 7 my sister and me when he died a few months ago.

After Dad was 8, we looked around the 9 house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so 10 all the stuff(东西)left. Like so many of their generation, my parents 11 every?thing. And like many of my generation, we faced anxious  12    about what to abandon and what to keep.

As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every 13 my parents ever saw, I also 14 many hidden treasures. Mum's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, 15 her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War H veteran(退伍军人)and a world traveller, 16 every?thing—from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the 17 . The letters he wrote during the war 18 his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I 19 our old kitchen table, which brought back 20 of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.

I'm realizing all these things 21 my parents' life journey. Each time I go to 22 ,1 find something that reminds me of my childhood or teaches me some?thing about my parents 1 23 knew. 24 , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.

5.    A. coincidence       B. goal

C.  principle  D. thought

6.    A. looked for  B.  looked through

C.  looked into     D.  looked after

7.    A. to       B. for

C.  with D. by

8.    A. retired       B. ill

C.   gone      D. injured

9.    A. clean  B. strange

C.   empty                         D. modern

10.   A. pleased with      B.  familiar with

C.  astonished at   D.   disappointed at

11.   A. saved  B. enjoyed

C.  purchased       D. designed

12.   A. decisions    B. bargains

C.  challenges       D. responsibilities

13.   A. person       B. doctor

C.   neighbour     D. child

14.   A. bought       B. discovered

C.  buried     D. lost

15.   A. just     B. even

C.  only D. yet

16.   A. liked   B. bought

C.  kept D. lost

17.   A. countryside       B. school

C.   college   D. army

18.   A. received     B. directed

C.   sensed    D. described

19.   A. repaired     B. cleaned

C.  spotted    D. set

20.   A. introductions     B. memories

C.  descriptions     D. communications

21.   A. represent    B. recognize

C.   instruct  D. confirm

22.   A. the supermarket B. church

C.  my office D.  the house

23.   A. merely       B. always

C.  really      D. never

24.   A. Everything B. Nothing

C.  Anything D. Something

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