题目内容
I have a lovely daughter, whose name was Eloise. She is only nine years old. I picked her up from school and went to the supermarket for a few things. I was hoping to be in and out quickly.
I found a short line with just one person ahead(在……前面) of me. It was an elderly woman, and she was paying for her things with only change(零钱). It took a long time. After a whole day at work, I began to lose patience.
But then I watched the young clerk(职员). He helped her count her change, ever so tenderly(体贴地) taking it from her shaking hands. I listened to him repeatedly say to her, “Yes, madam.” When she asked the clerk if she had enough money to buy a bag, he told her she did. Then he went two lines over to get one for her. Never once did this clerk get annoyed(生气的) or roll(滚动) his eyes. He was patient and kind.
As I was watching him, I saw Eloise was, too. I realized that my daughter was learning an important lesson from a complete stranger.
After the woman was finished, the clerk began ringing up my things and thanked me for my patience. I thanked him, too.I found the manager and told him about the clerk’s kindness and patience.
Then we left the supermarket with a full cart(手推车), but also with a heart full of thankfulness for such an important lesson. Sometimes just one act of kindness is all it takes to encourage others to do the same. Being kind to others can also make you feel good.
1.What does the writer’s daughter do?
A. A clerk. B. A student. C. A manager. D. A teacher.
2.At first, the writer was ______________ with the elderly woman.
A. angry B. pleased C. careful D. impatient
3.From Paragraph(段落) 3, we can infer(推断) that the elderly woman ______________.
A. lived a comfortable life B. might not too have much money
C. was a friend of the clerk’s D. didn’t want to pay for her things
4.The clerk rang up the writer’s things _______________.
A. after I found the manager B. before I counted my change
C. after the elderly woman finished shopping D. before the elderly woman was finished
5.What was the important lesson the writer referred to(指)?
A. Be kind and patient with others. B. It’s hard to be a good clerk.
C. We should learn from strangers. D. Don’t look down on anyone.
Foods that are well known to you may not be familiar to people from different places around the world. Tourists and travelers often get to try some unfamiliar food. That is part of the fun of traveling. Here are four people’s experiences with foreign food.
David King is a Chinese student in France. “I never had cheese or even milk before I came to France. Cows are seldom seen in my part of China. So there is no milk or milk products. I drank some milk when I first arrived in France. I hated it! I tried cheese, too, but I didn’t like it. I love ice cream, though that’s made from milk.” |
Birgit is from Sweden. She traveled to Australia on vocation. “I was in a restaurant that was special in fish. I heard some other people order flake, so I ordered some, too. It was delicious! Later, I learned that flakes is an Australian name for shark. Now, whenever I see a new food, I try it on purpose. You know why? I remember how much I enjoyed flake.” |
Chandra is a dentist in Texas. She is from India. “ I’m afraid to try new foods because maybe there is beef in them. I’m a Hindu (印度教信徒) and my religion (信仰) stops me from eating meat from the cow. That’s why I can’t eat hamburgers or noodles with meatballs.” |
Nathan is from the United States. He taught for a year in China. “My friend gave me some 100-year-old eggs to eat. I didn’t like their appearance at all. The eggs were green inside, but my friends said the color was normal. Chinese people put something on fresh eggs. Then they put them in the earth for three months. So the eggs weren’t really very old. Even so, I didn’t want to touch them.” |
1.Chandra is afraid to try new foods because_________.
A. she can’t eat food with beef
B. she doesn’t like their appearance
C. she doesn’t like foreign food
D. she doesn’t need any food at all
2.Nathan worked as _______ in China for a year.
A. a worker B. a dentist
C. a teacher D. a student
3.The passage tells us that ___________.
A. David King often drinks milk
B. flake and shark are the same fish
C. a Hindu eats meat from the cow
D. the egg is put in the earth for a hundred years