Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.
One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.
After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.
Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him

1.
The underlined word “condition” in the first paragraph probably means ________
1. A.
  grade
2. B.
  status
3. C.
  health
4. D.
  disease
2.
It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________
1. A.
  The 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel
2. B.
  The 8-year-olds were friendly to Philip
3. C.
  Philip was really different in school
4. D.
  Philip was older and more sensitive
3.
The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them ________
1. A.
  play around on that beautiful spring day
2. B.
  put some symbol of “new life” into it
3. C.
  try to pull it apart in the middle
4. D.
  go out and discover themselves
4.
After Philip explained his new life, ________
1. A.
  The class thought he was clever
2. B.
  The class fell silent
3. C.
  He began to study in the class
4. D.
  He felt dying
5.
We learn from the passage that ________
1. A.
  The teacher used to have classes outdoors
2. B.
  The Philip’s new life wish was empty
3. C.
  Philip was healthy as a whole
4. D.
  Philip was accepted by his classmates in the end

Although Paris is often considered the city of romance， close to a million adults who call it home are single. Many single people say that France’s capital is one of the most difficult places to meet people. The complaints of this lonely group have inspired a new phenomenon known as “supermarket dating.” At Galerie Lafayette Gourmet，singles can shop for more than just the items on their grocery list. They can look for someone who has blue eyes， brown hair，and is 1.8 meters tall，or whatever may be on their romantic shopping list.
At this Paris location，single people of all ages can schedule their shopping for Thursday nights between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. When they walk through the door，they pick up a purple basket to advise that they are looking for love. They try to arrive early because the baskets disappear quickly, and then they have to wait in line for their turn to wander the store aisles(过道).
With purple baskets in hand， shoppers can consider their romantic options while they pick out their groceries. When they are ready to pay， they can go to the checkout line for singles who want to chat.
Most of the people who look for love in the supermarket are skeptical of Internet dating. They know that it is easy to embellish（美化）one’s appearance or to lie about one’s age over the Internet. The supermarket， on the other hand，is considered a safe and casual environment in which to meet a potential match. In addition， what one finds in another’s grocery basket can say a thing or two about that person’s character or intentions. Buying pet food can be a man’s way of showing a potential match that he has a sensitive side. Women who fill their baskets with low-fat food show their healthy style of living. These ways it’s possible to find much more than food at a grocery store

1.
What do many single people in Paris complain about?
1. A.
  The difficulty in meeting people
2. B.
  The idea of supermarket dating
3. C.
  The items on their grocery list
4. D.
  The inconvenience in shopping
2.
Which of the following can be inferred but is not clearly stated in the second paragraph?
1. A.
  The dating supermarket is located in Paris
2. B.
  The dating supermarket is open only on Thursday evenings
3. C.
  People looking for love must get a basket of a particular color
4. D.
  The dating supermarket has very good business
3.
How do love shoppers meet one another?
1. A.
  They schedule their meeting in advance
2. B.
  They go through a special checkout
3. C.
  They pick out their groceries with great care
4. D.
  They dial the phone numbers on their shopping items
4.
According to the writer，a possible way to win a woman’s heart is to
1. A.
  pick up a purple basket
2. B.
  buy low-fat food
3. C.
  embellish your appearance
4. D.
  buy pet food
5.
Why do the people prefer the supermarket dating to Internet dating?
1. A.
  The supermarket dating is more convenient
2. B.
  The supermarket dating is more casual
3. C.
  The supermarket dating can be trusted more
4. D.
  The supermarket dating is less expensive

You’re standing in the dairy section at the grocery store, searching for your favorite brand. Suddenly, you catch a smell of chocolate cookies. You forget about dairy and head for the bakery (烘烤食品) section. Guess what? You just walked into an odor (气味) trap (陷阱)! The odor was cooked up by scientists in a lab.
For years, scientists have been studying the special powers of smell. They found that more than our other senses, smell changes our mood and helps us remember things.
So companies have begun spending thousands of dollars to scent (使充满香味) entire stores. Artificial (人造的) scents are being used to lead customers by the nose. These smells help to get people inside and put them in the mood to buy. They even make customers remember the store later, so they’ll come back for more. Also, many companies have smartly made use of product smells. A company added lemon fragrance to its dish cleaner. They wanted people to think the soap contained “natural” cleaners. It worked!
New uses for smells are being created every day. One bank, for example, gives customers coupons (优惠券) advertising car loans (贷款). To get people to take out a loan, bank officials hope to coat these coupons with the fresh leather smell of a new car. In Australia, telephone offices are putting sweat odor on unpaid bills. Since some people sweat when they’re scared, this smell might remind them of when they were frightened. And they’ll pay the bills right away!
What lies ahead for our noses? Smell scientists are working on some pretty far-out ideas. Would you believe TV sets that produce smells? Or how about scent diets? Certain food smells will fool your stomach into thinking it’s full. Alarm clocks will scent your bedroom with a strong pleasant smell designed to wake you up. Scientists are even working on ways to keep garbage from smelling. Researchers expect scents to help students make more sense of what they’re learning.
And just think. Someday soon, even your homework may smell nice!

1.
How do sales methods affect customers in the stores?
1. A.
  They change customers’ preferences
2. B.
  They persuade customers to use credit cards
3. C.
  They make customers avoid bad and unsafe products
4. D.
  They influence customers to make unplanned purchases
2.
Why do telephone offices put sweat odor on unpaid bills?
1. A.
  Because the sweat odor is a reminder of terrifying experience
2. B.
  Because the sweat odor can change people’s attitude
3. C.
  Because most people don’t think much of sweating
4. D.
  Because many people dislike paying bills
3.
What does the author mean by saying “Someday soon, even your homework may smell nice!”?
1. A.
  Students would benefit more from smell research
2. B.
  Students would be more willing to do homework
3. C.
  Smell research would develop beyond our imagination
4. D.
  Smell research would make great differences to our life
4.
Why does the author write this passage?
1. A.
  To encourage the store owners to use smells
2. B.
  To expose wrong practices by smell scientists
3. C.
  To inform the readers of an interesting subject
4. D.
  To blame the advertisers that use smells to sell

Scientists in Mexico have just begun a new study of one of the world’s biggest pyramids: the Pyramid of the Sun, north of Mexico City. They’re putting lots of small, high-tech machines under the pyramid to try to unlock some of its secrets. For thousands of years, people have tried to uncover the secrets of the pyramids.
The people who built the pyramids made lots of secret doors and rooms to stop robbers from finding the treasures inside. However, there always have been some smart thieves in history. Now, almost all of Egypt’s pyramids have been robbed, including the Great Pyramid of Khufu, which is the largest pyramid in the world. It is the only one of the ancient wonders of the world that is still standing.
In AD 820, an Arab king named Abdullah AL Manum got a group of workers to dig their way into the Great Pyramid and have a look. Inside the pyramid, they found three rooms --- the Queen’s Chamber, the Grand Gallery and the King’s Chamber. But to their surprise, the men didn’t find the treasures they wanted. The Queen’s and King’s Chambers were both empty! Where were the King’s mummy and his treasures? Had someone already taken them away? The huge stone doors at the pyramid’s entrance were still closed when AL Manum’s men went inside. How had the thieves got in and out?
Since then, many people have gone inside the Great Pyramid to have a look or to try to take things. But still, no other chambers or walkways have been found.
In 2002, an American team made the most recent visit to the Great Pyramid. Scientists sent a robot into the pyramid, but they only found a mysterious locked stone door

1.
The first two paragraphs were written to show that ________
1. A.
  the Pyramid of the Sun is an unusual historic building
2. B.
  ancient Egyptian emperors were cruel
3. C.
  construction workers led a hard life in ancient Egypt
4. D.
  the secrets of the pyramids remain to be uncovered
2.
What is the purpose of making some secret doors to the pyramids?
1. A.
  To try to unlock some of its secrets
2. B.
  To stop robbers from finding the treasures inside
3. C.
  To refuse some visitors all over the world into it
4. D.
  To tell the truth to the people in the future
3.
Which of the following is NOT true to the Great Pyramid of Khufu?
1. A.
  It is the largest pyramid in the world
2. B.
  It is the only one of the ancient wonders that is still standing
3. C.
  Abdullah AL Manum took the King’s mummy and his treasures away
4. D.
  Scientists found a mysterious locked stone door to the Great Pyramid
4.
What would be the best title for the text?
1. A.
  The Pyramid of the Sun
2. B.
  The Great Pyramid of Khufu
3. C.
  A Mysterious Locked Stone Door
4. D.
  Unlocking the Doors of History

Every hour spent in watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life expectancy by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests. And viewing TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.
The research claims that a sedentary(久坐的) lifestyle is as bad for health as smoking and obesity, because of the dangers caused by inactivity and the greater opportunities it offers for unhealthy eating.
The academics conducting the study set out to calculate the overall risk to life expectancy from watching television. Their research involved more than 11,000 people over the age of 25.
Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, they concluded. "TV viewing time may be associated with a loss of life, which is similar to other major chronic disease risk factors such as physical inactivity and obesity."
The researchers, from the University of Queensland, used information from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study, together with population and death rate data.
But they said: "Although we used Australian data, the effects in other industrialized and developing countries are likely to be similar, considering the large amounts of time spent watching TV and similarities in disease patterns." In the United Kingdom, the average amount of time spent watching TV is four hours a day, compared with five hours in the United States.
Earlier this year, a separate study suggested the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease, or dying early, rises by as much as 20 percent after just two hours a day in front of the box.
England's Chief Medical Officer, Sally Davies, said: "Physical activity offers huge benefits and these studies back what we already know - that a sedentary lifestyle carries additional risks. We hope these studies will help more people realize that there are many ways to get exercise."

1.
We can learn from the passage that_______
1. A.
  whether you watch TV or not has nothing to do with how long you will live
2. B.
  if an adult watches TV for six hours every day, he will die five years earlier
3. C.
  physical inactivity and obesity won't shorten your life
4. D.
  a sedentary lifestyle offers huge benefits
2.
The word "it" in the second paragraph refers to
1. A.
  a sedentary lifestyle
2. B.
  eating
3. C.
  smoking
4. D.
  obesity
3.
What do we know from the last three paragraphs?
1. A.
  People in the United Kingdom watch TV longer than those in the United States
2. B.
  That a sedentary lifestyle carries additional risks isn't supported by other studies
3. C.
  Watching TV for two hours a day will increase the risk of illnesses or dying early by 20%
4. D.
  It is through these studies that we know a sedentary lifestyle carries additional risks
4.
The passage is intended to _______
1. A.
  inform the readers of a research on watching TV
2. B.
  warn the readers of the harm of watching TV and hope they do sports
3. C.
  tell the readers watching TV is also a good way to relax
4. D.
  tell the readers large amounts of people often watch TV

“What is the most important thing you’ve done in your life?” The question was put to me during a presentation I gave to a group of lawyers.
The answer came to me in an instant. It’s not the one I gave, because the situation was not right. As a lawyer in the entertainment industry, I knew the audience wanted to hear some amusing stories about my work with well-known people, but here’s the true answer:
The most important thing I’ve ever done occurred on October 8,1990. I began the day playing tennis with an old friend I hadn’t seen for a while. Between points we talked about what had been happening in each other’s lives. He and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night.
While we were playing, a car came screaming up the road toward the courts. It was my friend’s father, who shouted to my friend that his baby had stopped breathing and was being rushed to the hospital. In a flash my friend was in the car and gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust.
For a moment I just stood there, paralyzed(呆若木鸡). Then I tried to figure out what I should do. Follow my friend to the hospital? There was nothing I could accomplish there, I convinced myself. My friend’s son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing I could do or say would affect the outcome. Be there for moral support? Well, maybe. But my friend and his wife both had large families, and I knew they’d be surrounded by relatives who would provide more than enough comfort and support, whatever happened. All I could do at the hospital, I decided, was to get in the way. Also, I had planned a full day with my family, who were waiting for me to get home. So I decided to head back to my house and check in my friend later.
As I started my car, I realized that my friend had left his truck and keys at the courts. I now faced another problem. I couldn’t leave the keys in the truck. So I decided to go to the hospital and give him the keys.
When I arrived, I was directed to a room where my friend and his wife were waiting. As I had thought, the room was filled with family members silently watching my friend comfort his wife. I went in and stood by the door, trying to decide what to do next. Soon a doctor appeared. He approached my friend and his wife, and in a quiet voice told them that their son had died.
For a long time the two held each other and cried, unaware of the rest of us standing around in pained silence. After they had calmed themselves, the doctor suggested they spend a few moments with their son.
My friend and his wife stood up and walked past their families. When they reached the door, my friend saw me standing in the corner. He came over and hugged me and started to cry. My friend’s wife hugged me, too, and said , “Thanks for being here.”
For the rest of that morning, I sat in the emergency room of that hospital and watched my friend and his wife hold the body of their infant son, and say goodbye.
It’s the most important thing I have ever done. The experience taught me two lessons.
First: The most important thing I’ve ever done happened when I was completely helpless. None of the things I had learned in university, in three years of law school or in six years of legal practice were of any use in that situation. Something terrible was happening to people I cared about, and I was powerless to change the outcome. All I could do was standing by and watching it happen. And yet it was critical that I do just that--- just be there when someone needed me.
Second: The most important thing I’ve done almost didn’t happen because of things I had learned in classroom and professional life. Law school taught me how to take a set of facts, break them down and organized them. These skills are critical for lawyers. When people come to us for help, they’re often stressed out and depend on a lawyer to think logically. But while learning to think, I almost forget how to feel. Today I have no doubt that I should have leapt into my car without hesitation and followed my friend to the hospital.
From that one experience I learned that the most important thing in life isn’t the money you make, the status you attain or the honors you achieve. The most important thing in life is the kids’ team you coach or the poem you write----or the time when you’re just somebody’s friend.

1.
When he was asked about the most important thing he had done in life at a presentation, the author ______.
1. A.
  felt it was not an interesting question
2. B.
  thought for a while and spoke his mind
3. C.
  gave an answer from a lawyer’s point of view
4. D.
  didn’t give the real answer
2.
When he saw his friend rush to the hospital, the author could not decide whether to follow mainly because he thought ______.
1. A.
  he had to stay with his family
2. B.
  his friend did not need his help
3. C.
  he would not be of much help
4. D.
  the baby would be in the doctor’s care
3.
What can we infer from the author’s description of the scene at the hospital?
1. A.
  He found out that he was in the way
2. B.
  He would have felt guilty if he had not been there
3. C.
  He regretted that he went too late
4. D.
  His friend would have felt better if he had not been there
4.
Which of the following is conveyed in this story?
1. A.
  Family and relatives can not take the place of friends
2. B.
  More people are a great comfort when one is in trouble
3. C.
  It is best to be here when someone needs you
4. D.
  You can certainly help a friend if you want to
5.
The author learned from his own experience that______.
1. A.
  what is taught in school is usually of no use
2. B.
  a lawyer cannot learn much in classrooms
3. C.
  a lawyer should know people’s feeling first
4. D.
  he needs to be able to feel as well as think logically
6.
The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests that the author______.
1. A.
  is fond of writing poems
2. B.
  is going to coach the kid’s team
3. C.
  is determined to make friends with everybody
4. D.
  is fully aware of the importance of being helpful to those in need

Most of us long for relationships in which we are loved and accepted. Our hearts’ desire is to give and receive love in relationships that make us feel that even if others disagree with what we do or say, they still love us, accept us, and appreciate what we give to the world. While it would be wonderful to have these types of relationships with all people, we know that’s hard to do. However, we can have such relationships with some others, but only when we first have them with ourselves—and, strangely, this is often the hardest relationship of all.
Do you love yourself? You may think you do, but do you really? There’s only one way to find out— by taking a close look at what you think, say, and do. You may not like some of what you find, but if you are serious about really loving yourself, you can use this insight to do some positive inner work. Here’re three ways for gaining greater personal insight for deeper love:
Listen Closely to Your Thoughts
Your thoughts will determine your actions. One thing helping you to listen to your thoughts is keeping a journal. It is not necessary for you to write in it every day, but it helps to record various insights you gain as you go about your life. Instead of using a big notebook, you might use a small notepad that you can keep in your pocket for easy access to record your thoughts as they occur to you. Whichever method you choose, what’s most important is that you write your thoughts down. It will help you know what’s in your heart.
Be Honest with Yourself
To do this, you should pay attention to your actions. Actions speak louder than words, and they always tell the truth. If you say you love your job, but your actions say otherwise, which do you think is more reliable? On the other hand, if you say you’re not good at a certain job, but your actions say otherwise, that’s also important. What do you do with this insight? You can use it to make more positive choices in your life. By being honest with yourself, you will act according to truth instead of just what you tell yourself.
Take Quiet Time to Listen to Your Inner Voice
This is similar to the first point, but it takes a step further— beyond the natural mind to the heart that cannot be seen. You may want to use your quiet time to think deeply. However you use this time, the key is to shut out all of the noise around you by focusing deep within yourself. Breathing deeply during quiet time will also help you focus. I know it’s hard to find quiet time during a particularly busy day, but it’s so important— even if it’s just 10 minutes a day and you have to hide somewhere to get it. Quiet time can really make a difference in your life.
Despite what your mind may be telling you, you can have love with no limits. The key is to unconditionally love yourself first

1.
By looking deep into what we think, say, and do, we can______.
1. A.
  know whether we really love ourselves
2. B.
  appreciate what we give to the world
3. C.
  realize what type of relationship we long for
4. D.
  know whether we are loved and accepted by others
2.
An important way for gaining personal insight is to______.
1. A.
  do some positive inner work
2. B.
  keep a journal wherever you go
3. C.
  look closely at what others say about us
4. D.
  pay attention to our thoughts
3.
The insight we gain from our actions can help us ______.
1. A.
  focus our attention on our jobs
2. B.
  make more positive choices in our life
3. C.
  act according to the truth
4. D.
  tell the differences between our words and our actions
4.
It can be learned from the passage that if we want to have love without limits, we must first of all______.
1. A.
  be honest with ourselves anytime
2. B.
  give our love to others generously
3. C.
  love ourselves unconditionally
4. D.
  take quiet time and think deeply

Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
　　Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and fun in work. Some teenagers work in the forests or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
　　There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or drawing. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to pass his free time.
　　When people live together, they should have rules. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
　　One of the teenagers has said something about it, “You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”

1.
In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______
1. A.
  don’t work well together
2. B.
  are friendly to each other
3. C.
  teach each other new ways of building houses
4. D.
  spend eight weeks together, working as farmers
2.
All the members work some time every day mainly to________
1. A.
  lead a busy life
2. B.
  learn new skills of farming
3. C.
  get used to the life on the farms
4. D.
  find useful things and pleasure in work
3.
Living together, ________
1. A.
  the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
2. B.
  the members have to obey the rules the adults make
3. C.
  the members have no free time but on weekends
4. D.
  the members should not break the rules they make together
4.
The best title for the passage is________
1. A.
  The Rules of Living Together
2. B.
  Life in New York State
3. C.
  Teenagers and Adults Together
4. D.
  Free Hours in the Special Work Group

The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children．On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special．
However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington．A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909．Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her．It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices（牺牲） and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man．Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spikane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910．
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day．Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died．
When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card．Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental（伤感的）．Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them．Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child need Dad．

1.
The United States is special in Father’s Day because ______．
1. A.
  many people celebrate the day
2. B.
  only America celebrates the day
3. C.
  America makes it an official day
4. D.
  all men are honored in America
2.
At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ______．
1. A.
  Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthday
2. B.
  Sonora’s birthday was June 19
3. C.
  it was decided by the president at that time
4. D.
  her mother died on June 19
3.
How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated?
1. A.
  4
2. B.
  10
3. C.
  14
4. D.
  24
4.
According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart ______．
1. A.
  was very kind to anyone
2. B.
  was the first father honored in 1924
3. C.
  did a lot for his daughter
4. D.
  always help others by giving money

Last Christmas was a very difficult time for me. My family and all of my close friends were back home in Florida, and I was all alone in a rather cold California. I was working too many hours and became very sick.
I was working a double shift at the Southwest Airlines ticket counter, it was about 9:00 PM on Christmas Eve, and I was feeling really miserable inside. There were a few of us working and very few customers waiting to be helped. When it was time for me to call the next person to the counter, I looked out to see the sweetest-looking old man standing with a cane. He walked very slowly over to the counter and in the faintest voice told me that he had to go to New Orleans. I tried to explain to him that there were no more flights that night and that he would have to go in the morning. He looked so confused and very worried. I tried to find out more information by asking if he had a reservation or if he remembered when he was supposed to travel, but he seemed to become more confused with each question. He just kept saying, “She said I have to go to New Orleans.”
After much time, I was able to at least find out that this old man had been dropped off at the curb on Christmas Eve by his sister-in-law and told to go to New Orleans, where he had family. She had given him some cash and told him just to go inside and buy a ticket. When I asked if he could come back tomorrow, he said that she was gone and that he had no place to stay. He then said he would wait at the airport until tomorrow. Naturally, I felt a little ashamed. Here I was feeling very sorry for myself about being alone on Christmas, when this angel named Clarence MacDonald was sent to me to remind me of what being alone really meant. It broke my heart.
Immediately, I told him we would get it all straightened out, and our Customer Service agent helped to book him a seat for the earliest flight the next morning. We gave him the senior citizen’s fare, which gave him some extra money for travelling. About this time he started to look very tired, and when I stepped around the counter to ask him if he was all right, I saw that his leg was wrapped in a bandage. He had been standing on it that whole time, holding a plastic bag full of clothes.
I called for a wheelchair. When the wheelchair came, we all stepped around to help him in, and I noticed a small amount of blood on his bandage. I asked how he hurt his leg, and he said that he had just had bypass surgery and an artery was taken from his leg. Can you imagine? This man had had heart surgery, and then shortly afterward, was dropped off at the curb to buy a ticket with no reservation to fly to New Orleans, alone!
I never really had a situation like this, and I wasn’t sure what I could do. I went back to ask my supervisors if we could find a place for him to stay. They both said yes, and they obtained a hotel voucher for Mr. MacDonald for one night and a meal ticket for dinner and breakfast. When I came back out, we got his plastic bag of clothes and cane together and gave the porter a tip to take him downstairs to wait for the airport shuttle. I bent down to explain the hotel, food and itinerary (行程) again to Mr. MacDonald, and then patted him on the arm and told him everything would be just fine.
As he left he said, “Thank you,” bent his head and started to cry. I cried too. When I went back to thank my supervisor, she just smiled and said, “I love stories like that. He is your Christmas Man.”

1.
Last Christmas the writer had a miserable time because ______.
1. A.
  there were more customers than usual waiting to be helped
2. B.
  it was freezing cold in California at Christmas time
3. C.
  she was working all alone at the ticket counter
4. D.
  she was far away from her family and friends
2.
The writer’s first impression of the old man was that he was ______.
1. A.
  gentle-looking and weak
2. B.
  tired out and worried
3. C.
  confused and very sick
4. D.
  sad and anxious
3.
The old man wanted to fly to New Orleans to ______.
1. A.
  see his friends there
2. B.
  spend the Christmas with his family
3. C.
  visit his sister-in-law
4. D.
  undergo heart surgery
4.
On hearing the old man say that he would wait at the airport the whole night, the writer felt a bit ashamed. This is because ______.
1. A.
  she felt sorry that she couldn’t do the old man a favor
2. B.
  she realized that someone was even more miserable than she felt
3. C.
  it took her a long time to find out how helpless the old man was
4. D.
  the old man was like an angel in the writer’s eyes
5.
The writer called for a wheelchair for the old man because ______.
1. A.
  the old man had broken his leg when he was dropped off at the curb
2. B.
  the old man could spend the whole night on it at the airport
3. C.
  the old man was carrying a whole lot of clothes
4. D.
  the old man had had surgery just before and was very weak by then
6.
By calling the old man the writer’s Christmas Man, the writer’s supervisor implied that ______.
1. A.
  the old man had told the writer a love story on Christmas
2. B.
  the old man had caused a lot of trouble for the writer on Christmas
3. C.
  the old man was the best gift the writer could have received on Christmas
4. D.
  the old man was the only customer the writer had served on Christmas

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