Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into class one day and told his students that their homework was to perform one act of random kindness. His students did not understand the homework and didn’t know what to do, but the professor would not answer their questions. He encouraged his students to work it out for themselves.

       One week later, the students entered the classroom excited to share their stories. One student told of giving away blankets to the homeless. Another reported on helping a dog to find its owner, and another student had been trying to find a long, last friend. Students were engergized by the homework assignment and wanted other people to be kind too. With the support of local businesses, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something kind for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind—not surprising as Professor Wall is blind.

       Since then, similar knidness activities have been started in schools around the world. Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, around November 13th, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform a different kind act, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or raising money for a charity. Students learn to consider other people and think about how small actions can make the world a better place.

61. The professor’s homework was to ask his students _________.

A. to write about kindness

B. to be kind to strangers

C. to spend time helping others

D. to go out to raise money.

62. We learn from the passage that __________.

A. Chuck’s students are not clever enough

B. the students didn’t do Chuck ‘s homework

C. Chuck Wall is an unusual teacher

D. no students enjoyed Chuck’s homework.

63. It is certain that ___________.

A. the students got good grades in Chuck’s class

B. kindness activities are not widely accepted

C. Chuck Wall was not good at designing homework

D. the students only helped people they knew

64. In kindness activities students learn ___________.

A. to deal with difficult things

B. to do great things every day

C. to know about the world

D. to consider other people

65. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Learning Kind Things                                   B. Teaching Kindness

C. World Kindness Day                                     D. Bakersfield College

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A rich man began to learn painting when he was sixty years old, and he 76 _______ it very much. He painted and painted. After twenty years, there were 77_______ of pictures in his workroom, and he thought they were very good.

One day, the old man was seriously ill in bed, but he didn’t 78_______ his pictures. He said to his grandson, Alan, “I want to give my pictures to a school, 79_______ the students will remember me. But which school do you think is the 80_______, my child?”

“Well,” said the little boy. “You’d better give them to a school for the blind!”

Dogs like living with people. A dog can be a very good friend. He can do a lot of things for people. Some dogs help people to look after sheep, other dogs help them to find lost children. And some of the dogs can help the blind (盲人) do things.

Many years ago there was a very good dog. His name was Seeing Eye dog. Now we can see this kind of dogs all over the world. They are working for the blind.

The Seeing Eye dog is strong, good and easy to train(训练). He helps the blind to walk from place to place.

Before a dog becomes a Seeing Eye dog, he must go to a training school for about three months. First the dog has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainer’s call. In his next lesson the dog learns to make his trainer across busy streets.

The dog has many things to learn. And in every lesson he must learn to do one thing again and again for many times.

At the end of the training school he must take tests. When he passes the tests, the Seeing Eye dog will do the things by himself.

Now he can help blind people. The new master may be a man, a woman, or even a child. It takes the dog and his blind master about a month to learn to work and live together.

1.We can see the Seeing Eye dog _______.

A．only in the country                      B．only in small cities

C．all over the world                       D．only on the busy street

2.What can the Seeing Eye dog do?

A．Look after sheep.                       B．Help blind people.

C．Find lost children.                       D．Train blind people.

3.If you want a dog to become a Seeing Eye dog, you must let him ________.

A．go to a training school                    B．go to a middle school

C．go to an evening school                   D．go to a children school

4.First the dog has to learn to sit or stay __________.

A．when he hears the telephone call

B．when he hears another dog’s call

C．when he hears the master’s call

D．when he hears the trainer’s call

5.How long will it take the dog and his blind master to learn to work and live together?

A．One year.         B．Five years.         C．About a month.     D．One week.