My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.

The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang beautifully for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.

As we were singing on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer(老年痴呆症), most of them looked off at the walls or floor. However, one lady my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t like that. As we got with each song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. she was singing, she was also reaching out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my responsibilities(责任) were to my students. People who worked at the care center could attend to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.

Justin also the same lady. The difference between us is that he acted on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song,Silent Night, Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her eyes and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my to let you know that.”

This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No words can completely describe that touching moment.

It took a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude(态度) toward another was a that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself to have witnessed(目击) his lesson.

1.A. rooms B. buildings C. floors D. groups

2.A. looked B. caught C. ran D. hurt

3.A. appear B. hear C. sound D. feel

4.A. louder B. nearer C. faster D. higher

5.A. Because B. As C. Since D. Though

6.A. afraid B. sure C. sorry D. happy

7.A. feared B. avoided C. helped D. noticed

8.A. time B. flower C. body D. face

9.A. message B. lesson C. activity D. class

10.A. clever B. foolish C. right D. lucky

If you were in trouble, what would you do? Would you wait, ask for help or solve it by yourself? Here is a story about this topic. Once, a terrible flood destroyed the whole village. A man in front of a house was surrounded (被包围) by the flood. he was not very scared because he always believed in God. He thought God must come there to save him for his . At that moment, a big wooden board came. If he caught it, the board him to become safe, but the man kept for God. He didn’t take a look at it at all. Then a small boat passed by, but the man still kept waiting and did nothing. Soon the boat was gone, too. The water was deeper and deeper, and the house was going to be broken. The two people in the boat were him and shouted to him, “Come down and go with us!” But the man stayed there and kept waiting for God.

You can guess the result easily. The man died at last. When he saw God in heaven, he complained to God, “ didn’t you save me?” God said he had save him. The big wooden board, the small boat, and the two men were all the helpers he had sent to help him, but the man them. From this we can see that God helps those people who help . If you don’t help yourself, God won’t help you, either.

1.A. And B. But C. So

2.A. safety B. safe C. dangerous

3. A. helped B. will help C. would help

4. A. waiting B. swimming C. crying

5. A. offered B. worried about C. worried

6.A. bad B. friendly C. confident

7. A. Why B. When C. Where

8. A. tried to B. helped C. called to

9.A. accepted B. refused C. hated

10.A. themselves B. herself C. himself

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