Mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community activities, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The city councilman (议员) was leading a discussion about the decreasing life quality. The neighborhood faced many problems.

       Mark looked at the charts taped to the walls. There are charts for crime, parking problems, and for problems in vacant (空置的) buildings. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilman.

       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.”

       Mark 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 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．We learn from the passage that ____.

       A．Mark always played an active part in community activities

       B．the city councilman was responsible for the decreasing of life quality

       C．the seriousness of problems is made known to people in the community

       D．many people were discouraged by the many problems facing them

2．The underlined word "darted" in Paragraph 5 means _____.

       A．walked                B．looked                 C．fell                      D．ran

3．The words on the bus wall imply that ____.

       A．if you are kind to others, you will be treated 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 is a small act to help a person in need

4．This passage mainly wants to tell us ____.

       A．how each of us can help make a difference

       B．how a neighborhood meeting can solve its problems

       C．how citizens react to the problems they face

       D．how problems are solved through group action

A few years ago, I was with a close woman friend in a grocery store in California．As we walked along the aisle (过道), we saw a mother with a small boy moving in the opposite direction and met us head-on (正面的) in each aisle．The woman barely noticed us because she was so angry with her little boy, who wanted to pull items off the lower shelves．As the mother became more and more annoyed, she started to yell at the child and several aisles later had progressed to shaking him by the arm．k+s-5#u 

At this point my friend spoke up．A wonderful mother of three and founder of a progressive school, she had probably never once in her life treated any child so harshly(严厉地)．I expected my friend would give this woman a solid mother-to-mother talk about controlling herself and about the effect this behavior has on a child．Instead, my friend said, “What a beautiful little boy．How old is he?” The woman answered cautiously, “He’s three．” My friend went on to comment on how curious he seemed and how her own three children were just like him in the grocery store, pulling things off shelves, so interested in all the wonderful colors and packages．“He seems so bright and intelligent,” my friend said．

The woman had the boy in her arms by now and a shy smile came upon her face．Gently brushing his hair out of his eyes, she said, “Yes, he’s very smart and curious, but sometimes he wears me out．” My friend responded sympathetically(表示同情地), “Yes, they can do that; they are so full of energy．”

As we walked away, I heard the mother speaking kindly to the boy about getting home and cooking his dinner．“We’ll have your favorite — macaroni(通心面) and cheese,” she told him．

The mother was angry with her baby because 　  　　．

A．the mother was very tired k+s-5#u 

B．the baby asked for more things

C．the baby ran madly in the store

D．the baby was pulling the goods off the shelves

We can learn from the passage that the author’s friend 　　   　．

A．treated her children well only     

B．was probably good to any child

C．liked the boy very much         

D．always wanted to help others

The author’s friend talked with the mother in that way to 　  　　．

A．show her sympathy for the woman

B．know something about the boy first

C．show her anger with the woman k+s-5#u 

D．make the woman realize children’s natural quality

With the story, the author most probably intends to tell us that 　　　  ．

A．we should respect a child’s nature

B．we should never blame a child

C．mothers usually share the same interest

D．mothers should try to be gentle and polite k+s-5#u