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I was in line waiting to pay．In line there were two people before me．A little boy was buying some rather strange clothes．He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten（幼儿园） party． He had done a great job of putting together interesting costumes．

I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change（零钱）．It seemed that he had robbed his pig bank（猪形储蓄罐）to do this shopping．However, the cashier told him he was short after counting all the money．The boy thought for a moment and said, “Please keep the shirt and I will come back with more money．

It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $ 8．00 short． The lady in front of me said, “Well, I could pay half of that．“I told the boy that I could pay the other half．We dug into our handbags．However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills（纸币）and we needed the cashier to get the change for us．Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some change．It was amazing and touching as all these strangers seemed to react（反应） with the same mind．All wanted to be of help．Within minutes the cashier said, “I have too much money．” The cashier didn’t need our ten-dollar bills．Then the lady in front of me, who had been the first to offer help, said, “Wait! I didn’t even get a chance to give anything!”

I smiled at her and said, “You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this．“ The little boy smiled and thanked us．We wished him the best and he left．I was left with a good feeling．I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me．The woman in front of me smiled and said, “It sure feels good to give, doesn’t it?” I smiled back and said, “Yes !”

1．What is this passage mainly about?

A． Love and goodness．                B． Culture and tradition．

C． Friendship and honesty．             D． Communication and understanding．

2．Why did the writer and the woman both feel glad?

A． Because the boy had saved some money．

B． Because they both didn’t need to give anything．

C． Because the cashier didn’t look down on the boy．

D． Because all the shoppers around were willing to help the boy．

3．What does the underlined word “touching” most probably mean?

A．令人感动的         B．令人难过的           C．令人失望的          D．令人害怕的

4．What’s the correct order of the following events?

a． The cashier got enough money for the boy’s shirt．

b． The cashier counted the boy’s money．

c． The shoppers looked for some change in their pockets．

d． The boy went to the line to pay．

A． b, a, e, d           B． b, e, a, d          C． d, b, e, a           D． d, e, a, b

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road．She was very worried．Her     had broken down．Just then a poor man named Robert came．He was on his     back home from work as usual．

The lady wondered, “Is the man going to   __  me? He looks very cold and hungry．" But to her surprise,   _  stopped and said with a smile, “Can I help you, madam?"

After forty         , the car was at last fixed by Robert．The lady wanted to pay him．

“No, that's       , madam．” he said, “I was just helping someone in     ．If you really want to pay me back, I hope       you see someone in need, you should give him a hand．”

    A few minutes later, the lady      a very old house by the road．She remembered Robert's words, so she stopped．

    The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her     ．The lady could see that it was a      family and that they needed help.When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady      on a table 500 dollars and went away quietly．

    Robert came home later than before, thinking how     their life was．His wife was pregnant(怀孕) and the baby was to be born the next month but there was not      money．His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don't worry, dear! Everything's going to be all    ．A stranger has helped us out．"

Let's always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves．

1.A．bike                             B．motorbike                     C．bus                                  D．car

2.A．step                             B．way                                 C．road                                D．life

3.A．help                                      B．save                                C．kill                                   D．find

4.A．she                              B．he                                   C．I                              D．they

5.A．days                                      B．hours                              C．minutes                          D．years

6.A．nothing                 B．something                     C．everything                     D．anything

7.A．picture                           B．rain                                  C．need                               D．danger

8.A．whatever                   B．whenever                      C．however                        D．whichever

9.A．saw                              B．heard                             C．smelt                              D．felt

10.A．out                                     B．away                               C．in                                     D．along

11.A．terrible                        B．sad                                   C．rich                    D．poor

12.A．dropped                            B．forgot                    C．lay                                   D．left

13.A．exciting                    B．hard                                C．happy                    D．interesting

14.A．many                            B．some                                C．enough                          D．few

15.A．right                              B．wrong                             C．glad                                 D．well