Beijing still has          air pollution.

A. problem with  B. problem of   C. a problem with  D. a problem of

Xie Liang, 80, has offered free help to people asking for directions for 8 years.

Every day, Xie goes to Dongzhimen Long-distance (长途) Bus Stop, and gives help to at least 1,200 people asking for directions. During holidays, the number may be even 3,500. There are more than 50 roads and streets meeting at Dongzhimen, and at least 100 thousand people pass by there daily.

　 The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily had an interview with Xie. At that time, he arrived at the bus stop and placed his little table with maps and guidebooks written by himself on it.

　 "Is it really free to ask you for the way?" said one with a strong southeast Chinese accent(口音)

　 "Of course," answered Xie with a smile. "Quite a number of people have asked me the same question. I am a volunteer."

　 The reporter found that at least 5 people came to ask him for the way in a minute, and Xie

told them the way patiently and gave every one of them a note with his words on it.

　 Xie has a husky(沙哑的)voice. People think that it's because of the result of his hard work.

Now Xie has encouraged several other volunteers to join him.

　 Many people hope to do volunteering like Xie, but it's hard to do as well as he does.

31. What does Xie Liang do?

A. A cleaner.　　 B. A volunteer.　　　 C. A reporter.　　 D. A bus driver.

32. There may be ________ people a day asking Xie for ways during holidays.

A. 50　　　　　 B. 1,200　　　 　　 C. 3,500　　　　 D. 100,000

33. How does Xie Liang offer help to others?

A. He calls a taxi for them.　　　　　　

B. He drives them to the right place.

C. He gives them a map to read by themselves.

D. He tells them the way correctly or writes the way on a note.

34. Now there is something wrong with Xie Liang's ___________.

A. throat(喉咙)　　 B. legs　　　　 C. stomach　　　　 D. eyes

35. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Xie Liang still works alone now.

B. Xie Liang has written some guidebooks on his own.

C. People have to pay Xie Liang for asking for directions.

D. Xie Liang likes writing some reports for Beijng Youth Daily.

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Amanda is an American filmmaker and actress. She came to China three years ago to study Performance at Beijing Film Academy. Last month, she m 1.to Japan to study Economics at the University of Tokyo. On June 10th, She r 2.to the USA. She chatted with her parents about the cultural d 3. between the two countries.

“The people in b 4.countries are very friendly to f  5.. But they have different cultures. For example, when I spoke Chinese in China, the people there always showed s  6.on their faces. But when I came to Japan, I found it was o  7.. Most local people there hoped I could talk with them in Japanese, t 8.I was not good at it,” she said.

Amanda thought this might have something to d 9.with the fact that the western group in Japan is o 10.than the one in China. They have stayed in Japan for a long time. And most of them speak Japanese well. But Westerners in China are still quite a new group. They’re usually treated as guests and tourists.

A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had   26  to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well   27  it, so he  told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the morning of his graduation（毕业）,he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how   28  he was to have such a fine son, and told him how   29  he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.  30 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣经）with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his   31  to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible? ” He then   32  out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very   33  in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family.  34  that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him   35  that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a   36  telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take   37  of the things that his father left him.
When he began to search through his father’s important
papers, he saw the still new Bible,   38     as he had left
it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to      39 
the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag（标牌）
dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 
  40     of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN
FULL”. Sadness and regret（悔恨）filled his heart.