I always experienced guilt when I passed by without giving a coin or two to a beggar.

My conscience was pricked again on a tour of Venice in 2010. I had taken refuge from the crowds in a quiet canal-side café. Outside the café was an old woman kneeling on the ancient cobbled stones, begging. Steady streams of tourists were walking past her. A lone young back-packer stood away from the crowds drinking something, but I noticed he was also observing the woman.

A tourist group glanced at the woman and walked on. Another group of tourists arrived and, again, walked past her. The backpacker watched. Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the sight of the backpacker stepping forward and placing some money in the woman’s cup. He did this rather ostentatiously(炫耀地), just before the arrival of another tourist group. I watched as the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other tourists followed suit and added more coins to the woman’s cup.

The young backpacker repeated this process in front of the next tour party going past. Once again, the subtle peer (同伴)pressure worked on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup. His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar woman, patted her shoulder and said, “I hope that helps a bit.”

I don’t know if the woman understood his English or realized what had just happened, but I did. I placed some money in the woman’s cup and continued my travels, light-hearted after witnessing such an act of caring.

1.The backpacker placed some money in the woman’s cup rather ostentatiously because______.

A. he wanted to stop the tourists by doing this

B. he wanted people to know that he was rich and kind

C. he wanted to help the woman by himself

D. he wanted the tourist group to follow him

2.The author went to a quiet canal-side cafe to_______ .

A. avoid meeting the beggar

B. get away from the crowds

C. take a rest

D. watch the woman beggar

3.We can infer from the passage that ________ .

A. tourists can be cheated by beggars

B. people usually have pity on an old beggar

C. tourists are willing to help beggars

D. people can do kind acts due to peer pressure

4.Before the backpacker dropped some money in the woman’s cup, the tourists ______ .

A. all showed pity for the woman

B. didn’t notice the woman

C. walked by without giving any money

D. gave a little money to the woman

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Five Tips to Drop Bad Habits

When unfortunate events happen in your life,you'll wonder how they all came about without realizing what had happened all resulting from bad habits.__ 1.__and you may be a lucky dog again.

(1)The “later” mind.It's the small steps that need to be done to settle serious problems.This principle applies to all areas of your life.For example,instead of holding off the task you've been putting off for weeks or months,work on it step by step now.

(2)__ 2._.Learning to say “no” is important for everyone.It's one thing to do a favor for a friend or co-worker,but overextending yourself is another.There's always a nice way of saying “no,” so don't worry about hurting people's feelings.

(3)Unhealthy addictions. 3._.Addictions can be costly to your health,so you'd better assess your addictions and figure out the easiest one to drop at the beginning.

(4)Self doubt.Insecurities(不安全感) can hold you back and set negative thought patterns that will make you feel blue or give up easily.__ 4. _.For example,you may be overly sensitive to what others say,and this may impact the way you interact with them.To remove self doubt and go on a self-improvement journey now.

(5)Living in the now.People usually quote(引用) the popular phrase “you only live once” and use it as an excuse for short-term pleasure._ 5. __,but it's usually the long-term approach that achieves the biggest accomplishments and goals.

A.Nodding to everything

B.Abandon the bad habits

C.It's true that life is short

D.Saying “no” to something

E.Carry out the following behaviors firmly

F.It can also worsen your relationships with people

G.Self-control is a key to a healthy and balanced lifestyle

An old gentleman who lives a few doors away from me can always be seen with a bag. He goes out by himself and picks up plastic bottles, plastic bags and pieces of paper everywhere. He does it all carefully and never complains.

The children in the nearby school are probably responsible for some of that litter(废弃物). “There will come a time when they know better ,” he said . “ It’s just not yet . So, I’ll do it for them.”

Well, this morning I was out walking my neighbor’s dog when I saw another neighbor, a much younger man , out doing the same thing ! He had his two little sons with him and they were having good fun trying to pick up the litter.

When I commented(评论)on what a good job he was doing, he said , “ Well , an older fellow in our street does this . And my friend and I thought it wasn’t fair that he had to do it all the time , so now we take turns .”

Not only was he taking a turn , not only did he have a friend join in as well , but he was passing on the lesson to the next generation(代)!

By the time I had returned the dog to my neighbor I looked again and his children’ s friends had joined in !

This man was teaching a whole group of young children to keep their own street sanitary. An older man had set an example for him and now he was passing it on — the next generation is doing what he did and the generation to come after that !

1.The old gentleman picks up the litter _______.

A. to make money.

B. to keep the environment clean.

C. to set an example to children.

D. to help the cleaners.

2.The underlined word “ sanitary ” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_______”

A. polluted B. crowded

C. straight D. clean

3.What can we learn from the text ?

A. Two heads are better than one.

B. Like father , like son .

C. The power of example is endless.

D. No pains , no gains .

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