One Sunday afternoon, I went shopping at Wal-Mart . But I never thought I would have a life ­changing experience at WalMart.
Although my thoughts were only on speed, the checkout line I was standing in wasn’t moving as quickly as I wanted, and I looked towards the cashier.
There stood a man in his seventies, wearing glasses and a nice smile. I thought, well, he’s an old guy!
For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every customer before scanning the items. Sure, his words were the usual, “How’s it going？” But he did something different—he listened to people carefully and then he would reply to what they had said
I thought it was strange. I has grown used to people asking me how I was doing simply out of conversational habit. I could say, “I just found out I have six months to live，” and someone would reply, “Have a great day！”
But that wasn't the end.
He gave them the change, walked around the counter (柜台), and hugged them with his right hand in an act of friendship. He looked at the customers in the eyes. “I want to thank you for shopping here today,” he told them. “You have a great day. Bye-bye.”
The smiling looks on the faces of the customers were priceless. All had been touched by his simple gesture—and in a place they never expected. They would gather their things and walk out, smiling.
Of course, he did the same to me and I got to know his name—Marty.
Who was that guy? It was as if Sam Walton (沃尔玛的创始人)had come back from the dead and invaded this old guy’s body.
I had never walked away from that shop feeling like that.

【小题1】The underlined word “customer” mean________ in Chinese.

Some people do not like anything to be out of place, they are never late for work, they can remember people’s birthdays; and they are always  31  to their friends and family members. Mr. Brown is such a person.

Mr. Brown works in a  32 , and he lives in the town alone . He only has a sister. She lives in   33  town with her husband and her son, Mike. Mr. Brown doesn’t have time to see his sister or her family, from one year to the  34 , but he never forgets  35  them different kinds of greeting cards. These days, he is busy  36  a birthday card and presents for the 20th birthday of his nephew, Mike.

Last Sunday, Mr. Brown had quite a surprise. He drove home from the hotel at the usual time, and he drove his car very  37  , not too slowly or too fast. When he got home, he parked his car as usual in the right place, and then he went into the house to make supper. Suddenly, there was a  38  the door. Mr. Brown opened the door and found a policeman standing outside the door.

“What’s wrong?” he asked  39 . ‘Did I drive on the wrong side of the street? Or did I make a mistake at work?’

“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman with a big  40  on his face, “My name is Mike”.

It was a Sunday morning. Peter, a seven-year-old boy, watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework. Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping. At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket. Peter ran up to her. He wanted to know what his mother bought. He found a bag of oranges in it. He liked them very much and wanted to eat. His mother stopped him. She gave five to each son and went to cook food. Peter ate his oranges soon but his brother was busy doing his homework and didn't eat his. Suddenly the telephone rang and Bill ran to answer it. Bill's friend asked him to play football with them. And when Bill talked with his friend, Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them. Bill found it and called him out and beat(打) him behind the house. Peter didn't tell his parents about it.

The next morning Peter’s teacher, Mrs Ball, taught the students subtraction(减法). Peter didn't listen to her carefully and couldn't understand it. So he couldn't answer her questions. The teacher began to give him an example, “If your brother has five oranges and you take two from him, what will the result(结果)be?”

“He'll beat me, madam,” answered the boy. All his classmates began to laugh.

1.When did Peter’s mother come back?

A. At five.B. At six.C. At seven.D. At ten.

2.How many oranges did Peter eat?

A. Five.B. Six.C. Seven.D. Ten.

3.Miss Ball was Peter's __________teacher.

A. ChineseB. mathsC. EnglishD. history

4.Why didn't Peter tell his parents that his brother beat him？

A. Because he knew he was wrong.

B. Because he was afraid of his brother.

C. Because his father didn't like him.

D. Because his mother let Bill do so.

5.Peter couldn't answer the teacher's question because___________.

A. he was not clever

B. he didn't listen to the teacher carefully

C. he was not good at maths

D. he was thinking about eating oranges