Mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The area’ s city councilwoman（女议员）was leading a discussion about how the quality of life wad decreasing. The neighborhood faced many problems. Mark looked at the charts taped to the walls. There are charts for parking problems, crime, and for problems in vacant（空着的）buildings. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman. It was too much for Mark. “The problems are too big,” he thought. He turned to the man next to him and said, “I think this is a waste of my time. Nothing I could do would make a difference here.”

Make thought some more on his way to the bus stop. “People should just take care of themselves,” he decided.“ That’ s enough to do. I can’ t take on all the problems of the world.”

As he neared the bus stop, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and a baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn’t have a free hand. As Mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and the groceries started to fall out. Mark ran to take the boy’ s arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. “Thanks!” she said. “You’ve got great timing!”

Just being neighborly,” Mark said. As he rode home, he glanced at the walls of the bus. On one of them was “Small acts of kindness add up.” Mark smiled and thought, “Maybe that’ s a good place to start.”

1．In Mark’ s opinion,        .

       A．nobody was so able as to solve the problems

       B．he was not in the position to solve such problems

       C．many people were too selfish to solve much problems

       D．he already had more than enough work to do

2．The underlined word “darted” in paragraph 5 can be best replaced by “         ”.

       A．walked            B．marched          C．rushed             D．wandered

3．What is the meaning of the words on the bus wall?

       A．You should be kind to your neighbors and they will treat you the same way.

B．Everyone can play his own part to make things better.

       C．All small acts will add up to kindness.

       D．It’ s small act to help a person in need.

4．The passage is mainly about         .

       A．how individuals（个人）can help make a difference

    B．running a neighborhood meeting to solve its problems

       C．citizens’ reactions to the problems they face

       D．solving problems through action