Giving backing

Fair Way

The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had won. “No one would have known,” said Wobum’s instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn’t difficult decision: “The prize wasn’t ours to take.”

Coin Stars

“College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her “Change for Change” effort has collected $40, 000 for charities(慈善机构), which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed that on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

1. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

  A. Took photos of Doran      　 　　　  B. Had meeting with Doran

  C. Returned the prize to the organizer     D. Apologized to Wobum High school

2. Greg Rota’s decision shows that he was ______.

  A. honest   　　　B. polite    　　　 C. careful     　　　 D. friendly

3. The underlined word “change” in the second paragraph means _______.

  A. Idea   　　　 B. Decision   　 C. Cups    　　　　 D. Coins

4. What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

  A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

  B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

  C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

  D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

5. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because __________.

  A. the school asked for it      B. He had no need for that much money

  C. the school had helped him in the past    

D. He wanted to be remembered by the students