About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen
All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.               
That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
【小题1】What was the writer a decade ago?

About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen
All of a sudden herhandicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.               
That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
【小题1】What was the writer a decade ago?

I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday．The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10 : 00 and 4 : 00．Since I work from 9 o'clock to 5 : 30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break．Unfortunately, the theatre on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good．But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes．Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus．By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I give up and went back to the office．The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday．On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes．When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office．I heard one man say he has been waiting in line for over an hour．Realizing I would not have enough time to waiting in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town．By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi only which took me 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me．When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line．The reason, I quickly discovered , was that they had already sold all the tickets．

1．The writer is probably_________．

       A．a worker                                            B．a college teacher

       C．manager of a company                         D．a clerk

2．He learned ________________________ that there would be a concert last Friday．

       A．from his friends                                   B．from one of his classmates

       C．over the radio                                      D．from the newspaper

3．He tried to go to the theatre every day but only managed to get there ________________.

       A．once              B．twice        C．three times               D．four times

4．One day the writer took ________________________ to get to the theatre by bus．

       A．forty-five minutes                                                                B．fifteen minutes

       C．exactly twenty minutes                        D．exactly twelve minutes

I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theater box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o’clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth hearing the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

1.The writer is probably ______.

A．worker                               B．a college teacher

C．manager of a company                   D．a clerk

2.He learned ______ that there would be a concert last Friday.

A．from his friends

B．from one of his colleagues

C．over the radio

D．from the newspaper

3.He could go and buy the ticket ______.

A．any day before work hours

B．both before and after work hours

C．only during lunch time

D．on Saturday and Sunday

4.The word “relieved” in the last two sentences may best be replaced by “______”.

A．surprised         B．pleased           C．puzzled           D．sorry

5.The story is about ______.

A．a good concert

B．someone enjoying a good concert

C．someone trying to buy concert tickets for his friends

D．someone’s disappointment at not being able to go to the concert