One Monday morning，I was waiting at the bus stop in Harvard Square．It was very cold，about -8℃．I had just missed the bus，so I had to stand there on such a cold day，waiting for the next bus to go to the hospital．for my husband would have an operation on his heart．My mind was full of anxiety and negative thoughts（消极的想法）．“Why didn’t I leave two minutes earlier?” “What would go wrong with my husband’s operation?” “Will I get to him before it starts?”

Among the others at the bus stop was a woman who was about 50 years old．She wore a dowdy（过时的）hat，an old pair of boots and a dark coat，but she had no gloves（手套）．Another woman who looked younger came to the older woman and said，“Your hands must be very old．You will get frostbite（生冻疮）in this weather if you don’t wear gloves．”With these words，she dropped her heavy bag to the ground and began searching inside it．After a while, she took out a pair of purple gloves from her bag，took the older woman's hands and gently placed a glove on each hand, covering one finger at a time．It was like watching a play．“Thank you．You’re so kind．”The old woman said again and again．

I was deeply moved（感动）by this act of kindness．A moment ago I was feeling sorry for myself．but now I was able to replace（代替）those feelings with hope，optimism（乐观）and confidence．I thought in this world there were still many people in trouble who were in great need of our help．

Several days later，I went to buy 5 pairs of bright purple gloves in a shop and put them in my bag，just in case（以防）I Fun into someone in need on a cold day．

1．In this passage, the underlined word “anxiety” means             ．

A．焦虑                   B．快乐                    C．恐惧                   D．感激

2．From this passage，we can infer（推断）that               ．

A．the writer's husband was a doctor in a hospital

B．the older woman was watching a play that morning

C．the younger woman was selfish

D．the writer wanted to give her love to other people in need

3．The best title for this passage is “              ”．

A．Harvard Square                                       B．A Cold Winter

C．A Pair of Purple Gloves                              D．My Husband

Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow． Her only son  16  to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and was killed in action there．Soon after that, her husband lost his job． The old man was always   17  food and clothes．And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep． The next morning he was   18  dead in a cold lake． And his worn-out coat was   19  in a tree not far away． Sarya was so   20  that she nearly took her own life．
Things got worse and worse after that． She always lived in hunger and cold． She had hoped that the government(政府) could help her but she    21 ．
It was a cold windy night． The old woman couldn't   22  asleep at all． She had to get up． She decided to write a letter to God（神）, asking for  23 ． She wished God to give her 100 rubles (卢布), so she could buy some food for herself． When she  24  writing it, she found she had no  25 ． She had to put the  26  at a crossing．   27  the next morning a policeman found the letter． He read it to his comrades．They were all so   28  that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman．
At first Granny Sarya was happy． But after she   29  the money, she became   30  and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!”