The day was Thankful Thursday. It's a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive contribution. On this particular Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do. At noon, I drove to a McDonald’s with my daughters because they kept complaining that they hadn’t had enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some homeless people in the street and we bought lunch for them.
We were about to complete when we found a small woman standing at the corner, asking for change. We handed her some food, and then started to head home. Suddenly from the mirror of the car, I saw the woman waving at us, so I had to turn around and stopped where the small woman stood. She walked to our car, and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done anything like this for me before." I replied, "Well, I'm glad that we were the first." Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, "So, when do you think you'll eat your lunch?"
She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I'm not going to eat this lunch." I was confused, but before I could say anything, she continued. "You see, I have a little girl of my own at home and she just loves McDonald's, but I can never buy it for her because I just don't have the money. But you know what…tonight she is going to have McDonald's!"
I don't know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our Acts of Kindness were too small to have effect on those poor people. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa's words: "We cannot do great things — only small things with great love."
【小题1】
According to this passage, the small woman was ______.

A．too happy to stand at the corner

B．too eager to ask for more food

C．too poor to buy McDonald’s

D．too busy to care for her daughter

【小题2】
What can we know from the passage?

A．The author finally realized what she did was of use to the poor.

B．The author would stop doing her acts of kindness to the poor.

C．The author’s daughters found their mother cried at the end of the day.

D．The author’s daughters would make friends with the woman’s daughter.

【小题3】
What would be the best title of the passage?

A．No Pains No Gains

B．No Pleasure Without Pain

C．No Small Act of Kindness

D．No Sweet Without Sweat

—You see, I’m poor in maths, you are not good at English, and...

— That’s ____ we should help each other.

A. when          B. where        C. how         D. what

 

The rumors had been spreading for months but it still came as a shock when the hospital would be closing. It had served this poor neighborhood for nearly 100 years but it would close because of the health care crisis.
The day after the announcement co-workers found out that pretzels(椒盐饼干) had been eliminated. Soft pretzels are the lifeblood of this city. So losing access to soft pretzels is no small matter.
I said, “I only have $6. I’m not sure how many pretzels I need. You see, I work at a hospital and it’s closing and they stopped selling pretzels.” The man’s smile disappeared. “What hospital?” “Oh, Northeastern Hospital.”
The guy looked deeply shocked. “I used to sell medical supplies and that was one of my hospitals.” Then he turned around and grabbed a box of 25 pretzels and slid them across the counter.
I was surprised by his generosity and started to reach for my wallet, “Oh I can pay. Please let me …” The guy smiled, “Just tell them Joe Sullivan said to do something nice for someone else.”
And so that day everyone in medical records was treated to a soft pretzel. Word spread fast as people came asking, “Is it really true?” It was as if I’d carried in a box of gold. It mattered to them that a stranger cared.
【小题1】The underlined word “eliminated” in Paragraph 2 means _____.

A．highly priced

B．added

C．overcooked

D．removed

【小题2】Why did the author decide to buy pretzels for his co-workers?

A．To show his generosity.	B．To make them feel less sad.
C．To show his thanks to them.	D．To encourage them to work hard.

【小题3】To buy 25 pretzels, the author should pay ____.

A．$25

B．$12.5

C．$12

D．$50

【小题4】According to the passage, Joe Sullivan used to be a ____.

A．cook

B．doctor

C．shopkeeper

D．salesman

【小题5】What can be the best title of the passage?

A．A nice treat

B．The rumor that came true

C．Tell them Joe cared

D．Northeastern Hospital is closing down

—You see, I’m poor in maths, you are not good at English, and...

— That’s ____ we should help each other.

A. when          B. where        C. how         D. what

The day was Thankful Thursday. It's a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive contribution. On this particular Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do. At noon, I drove to a McDonald’s with my daughters because they kept complaining that they hadn’t had enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some homeless people in the street and we bought lunch for them.

We were about to complete when we found a small woman standing at the corner, asking for change. We handed her some food, and then started to head home. Suddenly from the mirror of the car, I saw the woman waving at us, so I had to turn around and stopped where the small woman stood. She walked to our car, and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done anything like this for me before." I replied, "Well, I'm glad that we were the first." Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, "So, when do you think you'll eat your lunch?"

    She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I'm not going to eat this lunch." I was confused, but before I could say anything, she continued. "You see, I have a little girl of my own at home and she just loves McDonald's, but I can never buy it for her because I just don't have the money. But you know what…tonight she is going to have McDonald's!"

    I don't know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our Acts of Kindness were too small to have effect on those poor people. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa's words: "We cannot do great things — only small things with great love."

1.

 According to this passage, the small woman was ______.

A. too happy to stand at the corner       

B. too eager to ask for more food

C. too poor to buy McDonald’s             

D. too busy to care for her daughter

2.

What can we know from the passage?

A. The author finally realized what she did was of use to the poor.

B. The author would stop doing her acts of kindness to the poor.

    C. The author’s daughters found their mother cried at the end of the day.

    D. The author’s daughters would make friends with the woman’s daughter.

3.

What would be the best title of the passage?

A. No Pains No Gains                           

B. No Pleasure Without Pain

C. No Small Act of Kindness                

D. No Sweet Without Sweat