I got to the house, but no one came out. I got out of the taxi, walked up to the door, and knocked.

“Just a minute,” answered someone. After a long time, the door opened. A small old woman stood before me. I took her bag and let her take my arm. Then we moved slowly to the taxi. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to be nice to my passengers, because I want others to be nice to my mother, too.”

When we got in the taxi, she asked, “Could you drive through the city?” “It’s not the shortest way,” I answered. “Oh, just do it,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(安养院). I don’t have any family left.” For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me a building—she and her family once lived there. Sometimes she asked me to drive slowly in front of some buildings, and she would look at them and say nothing.

We got to the hospice. I took her bag to the door. “How much should I pay you?” she asked, “Nothing,” I answered. Without thinking, I gave her a hug. “You make an old woman happy,” she said. “Thank you.”

I didn’t have any more passengers that day. I just thought about that woman. I’m happy that I helped her. It was a small thing, but it was a great moment in life.

1.What is the author?

A.A doctor. B.A policeman. C.A taxi driver. D.A volunteer.

2.Why did the old woman ask the author to go that way?

A.She wanted to visit her family in the city. B.She wanted to run away from the hospice.

C.She wanted to see things about her past life. D.She wanted to have more time with the author.

3.What do we know about the old woman?

A.She had no money. B.She walked slowly.

C.She was the first passenger that day. D.She didn’t want any help.

4.How did the author help the old woman?

A.He took the bag for her. B.He gave her some money.

C.He cared for her family. D.He found her a better home.

TYPING

This course is for those who want to learn to type, as well as those who want to improve their typing. The course is not common. You are tested in the first class and begin practicing at one of eight different skill levels. This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each program lasts 20 hours .Bring your own paper.

Course fee(费用):$125 Materials:$25

Two hours each evening for two weeks .New classes begin every two weeks. This course is taught by a number of professional business education teachers who have successfully taught typing courses before.

UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS

This twelve-hour course is for people who do not know very much about computers, but who need to learn about them. You will learn what computers are, what they can and can’t do and how to use them.

Course fee:$75 Jan.4,7,11,14,18 Wed.& Sat. 9:00-11:30 a.m. Equipment fee:$10

David is a professor of Computer Science at Beijing University. He has over twenty years of experience in computer field.

STOP SMOKING

Do you want to stop smoking ? Have you already tried to stop and failed? Now is the time to stop smoking using the latest methods. You can stop smoking, and this twelve-hour course will help you do it.

Course fee:$30 Jan.2,9,16,23 Mon.2:00-5:00 p.m

Dr John is a practicing psychologist who has helped hundreds of people stop smoking.

1.How long will the STOP SMOKING course last?

A.For four weeks. B.For three hours. C.For a week. D.For twelve weeks

2.If you want to learn about computers and the same time you want to improve your typing, how much will you pay for it?

A.$200. B.$150. C.$235. D.$180.

3.What’s the special difference between the TYPING course and the other two?

A.You will pay less money. B.You will take a test after the course.

C.It takes less time. D.People with different skill levels may learn at different speed.

In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder (奇迹). Although it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.

Now Huawei has got third place at the mobile market, just following Apple and Samsung. After seeing more of its smartphones(智能手机)were sold last year, Huawei appears to be more confident in its bigger goals.

“We hope that in tree years our market share(份额)can be the top two and in five years our market share can be the top one," Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group(消费者业务集团),said in a recent TV interview.

The company sold 108 million smartphones in 2015. Compared with 2014, the number increased by 44 percent, though it was much smaller than Apple's 231.5 million iPhones and Samsung's 317.2 million smartphones.

“The number of our smartphones is still growing,” Yu said, "and our company is expecting an increase of 30% in smartphone shipments(出货量),It'll be a great success."

Although Huawei's smartphones sold well in Western Europe and China, the market in the US is another example. Yu said that the company was “so late” to the US. “However, we are trying hard to raise our market share there in the next few years.”

1.How many smartphones were sold by Huawei in 2015?

A.75 million. B.108 million. C.231.5 million. D.317.2 million.

2.Huawei phone company is expecting an increase of in smartphone shipments.

A.15% B.20% C.30% D.45%

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

A.Huawei has a very long history of making smartphones.

B.Huawei's market share will be the top one in five years.

C.Huawei has got second place at the mobile market.

D.Huawei is trying hard to make its market share rise in America.

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